Subject
E-government
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E-government E-government |
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| 2. | Code | F18L2S099 | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Study Programme | — | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study programme (unit, institute, department or division) | Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Degree level (first, second, third cycle) | First Cycle | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year / semester | 4 / Summer | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8. | Teacher | — | ||||||||||||
| 9. | Prerequisites for enrolling in the course | Business and Management | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Objectives of the course programme (competences) | The goal of the course is for students to become familiar with the delivery of services by government institutions to users: citizens, businesses, and organizations from the non-governmental sector, and the application of information technologies in these processes; to become familiar with advanced countries and advanced areas of e-government application through the analysis of examples, case studies, and best practices; to improve communication skills, both oral and written, teamwork in the development of a project assignment, and presenting the project assignment. | ||||||||||||
| 11. | Course content | Introduction to e-government; Defining information systems and information technology; Defining the public sector and the application of information technology in the public sector; Theoretical models of governance: minimal state; corporate governance; new public management; good governance; socio-cybernetic system; self-organizing networks; Phases of e-government and e-governance development; Benefits and risks of e-government and e-governance; Digital divide; Theories and models for e-governance: The public administration–citizen interaction model from an information systems perspective by Chadwick and May; The four-phase model of Layne and Lee; Watson and Mundy's strategic framework for e-Democracy; Flak and Rose's adaptation of Stakeholder Theory from management theory to the field of e-government or e-governance; The Henderson and Venkatraman model; Adaptation of Henderson and Venkatraman's theory, as a dominant theory for the application of information technology in the private sector, for application in the public sector; An overview of global experiences from the most important application areas of e-Government and strategies for applying information technologies in the public sector by application area: e-infrastructure, e-business; Application of information technologies in the public sector by application area: e-health, e-education, e-participation; Review of successful e-government strategies of the most advanced countries: Estonia, Slovenia, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, India, Singapore, European Union; Comparative analysis of ICT projects of the governments of Macedonia, Estonia, and Slovenia; Determining the prospects for the application of information technology in the public sector and e-government in the Republic of Macedonia. | ||||||||||||
| 12. | Learning methods | lectures, in-class exercises, project assignments, homework | ||||||||||||
| 13. | Total available time | 6 ECTS x 30 hours = 180 hours | ||||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of available time | 30 + 45 + 15 + 15 + 75 = 180 hours | ||||||||||||
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| 19. | Requirement for obtaining a signature and taking the final exam | Activities 15.2 and 16.1 have been completed. | ||||||||||||
| 20. | Language of instruction | Macedonian | ||||||||||||
| 21. | Method for monitoring the quality of teaching | internal evaluation and survey mechanism | ||||||||||||
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