E-government
| 1. | Course title | E-government | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Code | F18L2S099 | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Study programme | — | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study programme (unit, institute, department) | 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 | Бизнис и менаџмент | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course objectives (competences) | The students will be introduced to the delivery of services by government institutions to the beneficiaries: citizens, businesses and organizations from the non-governmental sector and the application of information technologies in those processes; they will get acquainted with advanced countries and advanced areas of e-government application through number of case studies and best practices. The course will encourage development of communication skills, oral and written, team work skills in the preparation of a project task, presenting skills through the project task presentations. | ||||||||||||
| 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: a minimal state; corporate governance; new public management; good governance; socio-cybernetic system; self-organizing networks; Phases of e-government development and e-governance; Benefits and risks of e-government and e-governance; Digital Divide; Theories and models for e-governance: Model of interaction between public administration and citizens in terms of information systems from Chadwick and May; The model of the four stages of Layne and Lee; Watson and Mundy`s Strategic Framework for e-Democracy; The adaptation of Flak and Rose to Theory of steakholders from management theory to e-government or e-governance; The model of Henderson and Venkatraman; Adapting the theory of Henderson and Venkatraman as the dominant theory for the application of information technology in the private sector for application in the public sector; Recognizing the world-wide experiences of the most important areas of eGovernment application and strategies for applying information technologies in the public sector by application areas: e-infrastructure, e-business; Application of information technologies in the public sector according to the fields of application: e-health, e-education, e-participation; Overview of successful strategies in the most advanced e-government countries: Estonia, Slovenia, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, India, Singapore, the European Union; Comparative analysis of the ICT projects of the governments of Macedonia, Estonia and Slovenia; Determining the perspectives of 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 the available time | 30 + 45 + 15 + 15 + 75 = 180 hours | ||||||||||||
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| 19. | Requirements for signature and taking the final exam | Activities 15.2 and 16.1 have been completed. | ||||||||||||
| 20. | Language of instruction | Macedonian | ||||||||||||
| 21. | Method of monitoring teaching quality | internal evaluation and survey mechanism | ||||||||||||
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