School of Engineering and Technology, (SET)
 
AT71.9002 : Selected Topic: Seminar in Electronic Government  3(3-0)
 
Course objectives:

The course provides the students concepts and principles of e-governments. Insights of e-government developments and challenges are discussed. All technical, managerial, and social aspects of e-government are addressed. The course is a mixture of lectures on fundamentals, student presentations of research from the academic journals, and a study report on seleted e-government topics
 
Learning Outcomes:

Description: Understanding e-Government. E-government services. E-government development. E-participation. Technologies underlying e-government. Mobile government. Other Issues. Global case studies of e-government. Student presentations of primary research papers.
 
Pre-requisite(s):

None
 
Course Outline:

     I. Understanding e-Government  

1. e-Government defined
2. Maturity models


II. E-government services

1. G2B
2. G2C
3. G2G
4. C2C


III. E-government Development

1. Phases
2. Critical Success Factors
3. Challenges and Barriers


IV. E-participation

1. E-democracy
2. E-voting
3. Citizen portal

 

V. Technologies underlying e-government

1. Web 2.0
2. XML
3. Open source software
4. Metadata standard


VI. Mobile government


VII. Other Issues

1. E-government planning
2. Digital divide
3. Cultural issues
4. Social value


VIII. Global case studies of e-government

IX. Student presentations of research papers
 
Laboratory Sessions:

None
 
Learning Resources:

 
Reference Books:

Beyond e-Government & e-Democracy: A Global Perspective, Shark and Toporkoff, Public Technology Institute & items International, 2008.

Digital Government, West, Princeton University Press, 2007.

E-Government: From Vision to Implementation, Bhatnagar, SAGE Publications, 2008.
 
Journals and Magazines:

Electronic Government, an International Journal (EG)

International Journal of Electronic Democracy (IJED)

International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG)

Electronic Journal of e-Government
 
 
 
Evaluation Scheme:

20% in-class presentations 20% assignment, 35% study report, 25% final exam.
 
Instructor(s):
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