Rethinking Public Organizations as Knowledge-Oriented and Technology-Driven Organizations

Public organizations should rediscover the role of knowledge as a source for designing and implementing internal processes and adopt a knowledge management approach by using and managing technology as means and enabler for building a citizen-centered public management, sustaining democratic and civic values by promoting openness and fostering participation in order to encourage collaboration with citizens for co-producing public services and co-creating public value. Information and communication technologies are driving public organizations as responsive institutions in front of the citizens to proceed towards sustainability as a principle of governance for promoting the public interest and sustaining active citizenship, enhancing both collaboration and interaction between citizens and public administration. Introducing and actively implementing technology in government helps rethink public organizations as knowledge oriented and information based organizations seeking sustainability by involving citizens, businesses and other stakeholders for public value creation, enabling access to information, sustaining openness, transparency and accountability in order to engage citizens and encourage them to be included and actively participate in democratic public life, involving citizens to assume the responsibility for co-production of public services and fostering citizen participation in public policy choices. Technology opens up new opportunities for public organizations seeking sustainability by rediscovering knowledge as source and strategic asset following a knowledge management approach for designing and implementing democratic and administrative processes, redesigning the relationship with citizens, building public trust, encouraging citizen participation and sustaining co-production of public services

Rediscovering intelligent cities by technology

As engines of social and economic growth cities develop urban intelligence using information and communication technology in order to improve quality of life, rediscover the city as a community and support urban innovation. Smart cities and smart communities develop as intelligent cities and spaces of urban innovation in order to advance towards sustainable urban growth

Driving smart inclusive cities

As smart communities, cities of the future use information and com- munication technologies to drive innovation and promote sustainable and inclu- sive urban growth, improving the quality of life, and developing the city as in- clusive community. Sustainable and inclusive urban development relies on smart cities and communities. Cities select a smart city view to support collabo- rative and inclusive urban spaces. Smart cities shape the city as sustainable and inclusive community

Avancing sustainable peace by technology

Communities achieve peace as a goal in order to enhance the wealth and prosperity within society and ensure better quality of life. Technology helps to support dialogue and cooperation in order to drive peace as a source for value creation, social and economic development within communities. The aim of this study is to elucidate how information technology helps communities to identify a pathway towards sustainable peace. Technology helps support peace-building and engineer peace as social innovation for peace-driven communities and social and economic growth within social ecosystems

Smart working public organisations driving innovation

Public organisations drive collaborative innovation and contribute to value creation by developing the potential of information technology. Public organisations support a smart working mind set to enhance collaborative inno- vation. Smart public organisations support smart working as a way to drive col- laborative innovation. The study is theoretical and relies on a literature review and analysis related to public organisations that aim to drive innovation by em- bracing information technology

Aprirsi alla disabilità in azienda: le sfide del disability management

Promuovere in azienda un orientamento positivo alla disabilità superando pregiudizi e discriminazioni migliora l’identità e l’integrazione dell’individuo al lavoro contribuendo alla crescita di un’organizzazione attenta alla protezione del capitale umano, orientata al valore e al benessere. Valorizzare l’impegno e il contributo dei lavoratori disabili aiuta la generazione di perfomance soddisfacenti

RETHINKING SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Public organizations should contribute to value creation moving towards sustainability as a vision for change, strategy and action by developing the potential of information technology in order to redesign trust-based relationships and support communities to create value within ecosystems, promoting co-production of public services, strengthening the agile working as a means to empower the employees and develop smart and digital platforms within ecosystems. As organizations seeking sustainability, public organizations should evolve as communities that develop human and technological sources to facilitate value creation within society. Public organizations should achieve sustainability and develop the community adopting a service logic view using technology in order to drive the transition from using technology in government to develop digital, smart, lean and open platforms that enable value creation, innovation and networking as source that help drive public organizations to design a sustainable pathway for future and wealth of communities

Romanian Museums under Scrutiny

The museum sector has changed in the past decades, becoming for dynamic, diverse, interactive, participative and innovative. All this shifts make museums more and more appealing and increase the level of satisfaction of museum visits. Understanding to what degree the public perceives and appreciate these trends, could give museum management hints to better fit their development strategies to the audience. Generally, perceptions are very important for appealing organizations. This is valid also for museums. Museum’s image influences the audience’s satisfaction. Perceptions are important for successful museum visits in many ways. Having this is mind, the present study investigates how participative and innovative are considered Romanian museums

Organizations and People for Sustainability

Organizations proceed towards sustainability rediscovering the role of ethics and human resources. Managing human resources systems and designing work relationships is leading organizations to follow ethical approaches, values, and culture in starting entrepreneurial ventures and doing business for building sustainable development. Organizations should sustain and encourage ethical behaviors at work creating organizational environments ethics-oriented by managing, valuing people and developing the human resources capabilities. Designing a path to drive organizations towards sustainability relies on defining the relationships of employment ranging from the psychological contract to designing contractual architectures, governing and managing human resources and promoting ethics by sustaining an organizational culture ethics-oriented

Organizations and People for Sustainability

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