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2015/2016  KAN-CEBUV2028U  P6. Government 2.0: International and national regulation and policies

English Title
P6. Government 2.0: International and national regulation and policies

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring, Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 70
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Helle Zinner Henriksen - Department of IT Mangement (ITM)
Administrativ ansvarlig er Jeanette Hansen (jha.itm@cbs.dk)
Main academic disciplines
  • Information technology
  • Innovation
  • Political leadership and public management
Last updated on 15-04-2015
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: 1. Compare and evaluate e-government policies at local, national and supranational level
  • 2. Analyze and explain the historical development of e-government policy initiatives
  • 3. Induce and critically assess e-government concepts and definitions
  • 4. Identify and analyze characteristics and challenges of the policy areas of Smart Cities, eHealth and eParticipation
  • Can draft a strategy with visions, goals, risk analysis/ mitigation strategy, and evaluation points
Course prerequisites
Completed bachelor or equivalent competences
Examination
Oral exam based on a written project:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Group exam, max. 3 students in the group
Size of written product Max. 5 pages
Assignment type Report
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Spring and Autumn
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content and structure

The course explores national and international cases on digital government.

The following topics are addressed in the course:
• Strategies and policy, concepts and definitions
• Policy dilemmas on efficiency and values/ norms

• EU policies and strategies, focus of strategies and their impact in the member-states
• The Asian digitalization – examples of Asian e-government policies which have turned out to be extremely successful

 

We will cover four areas:

• online communication (survey in Norway, Denmark, Germany, and New Zealand)

• eHealth and assisted living technologies
• e-democracy and participation
• Smart Cities

 

In the course we there will guest lectures (some physical, some by web) from Korea, Netherlands, Germany, and US).

 

In the exercises we will use project management tools to facilatate the learning of how to link strategy with project management tools. In the exercises, we will also use IT-tools to analyze homepages of government websites.
Teaching methods
Lectures with active participation from students.

In the exercises we will use project management tools to facilatate the learning of how to link strategy with project management tools. In the exercises, we will also use IT-tools to analyze homepages of government websites and transaction data.
Student workload
Lectures 24 hours
Exercises 24 hours
Expected literature

Boriana Rukanova, Eveline van Stijn, Helle Z Henriksen, Ziv Baida, Yao-Hua Tan (2009) Understanding the influence of multiple levels of governments on the development of inter-organizational systems
European Journal of Information Systems

Zinner Henriksen, Helle ; Rukanova, Boriana ; Tan, Yao-Hua. / Pacta Sunt Servanda but Where Is the Agreement? : The Complicated Case of eCustoms. I: Electronic Government : 7th International Conference, EGOV 2008

Chadwick, A. and May, C. (2003). ‘Interaction between States and Citizens in the Age of the Internet: “e-Government in the United States, Britain, and the European Union’, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, vol. 16, no. 2, 271-300.

Economist. (2008). E-readiness rankings 2008. Maintaining momentum. Retrieved on July, 11, 2008.

Heeks, R. (2006). Understanding and Measuring eGovernment: International Benchmarking Studies. E-Participation and E-Government: Understanding the Present and Creating the Future, Budapest, Hungary, 27-28 July 2006

OECD (2003). Promises and problems of e-democracy: Challenges of citizen on-line engagement, OECD. Pp. 1-58; 59-91; 129-142; 143-162.

Panopoulou, E., Tambouris, E., Tarabanis, K. (2009). 'eParticipation initiatives: How is Europe progressing?, European Journal of ePractice, Nº 7 • March 2009

Smith, S., Dalakiouridou, E. (2009). 'Contextualising Public (e)Participation in the Governance of the European Union', European Journal of ePractice, Nº 7 • March 2009

Wright, S. (2006). Electrifying Democracy? 10 Years of Policy and Practice. Parliamentary Affairs, 59(2), 236-249. 


+ Students individual choise of literature (300 pages)
Last updated on 15-04-2015