Tutorial/Workshop 4 - Organization

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Title

Electronic Governance and Organizational Transformation

Date/Time

• Tutorial: 10 December 2007, 14:10 - 16:40
• Workshop: 13 December 2007, 14:10 - 16:40

Organizers

Description

This event will contribute to understanding of the role of information and information technology issues in the transformation of public agencies. The tutorial session will examine the fundamentals of organizational transformation in the public sector,and in particular the role of ICTs in that tranformation process. Issues to be covered include: government reform strategies, new models of organizational structures in government cross-boundary information sharing and change management. The workshop will include presentations and discussions in these areas.

Audience

1. Government project and program managers
2. Change managers
3. Departmental and unit heads of government agencies
4. Researchers in organizational transformation

Schedule

Biography

Dr. Theresa Pardo

Theresa A. Pardo is Deputy Director of the Center for Technology in Government located at the University at Albany. She is also a faculty member in Public Administration and Policy and Informatics at the University. Theresa has directed numerous applied research projects with government partners and written articles, research reports, book chapters and case studies focusing on IT innovation in government, cross-boundary information sharing and integration, trust and knowledge sharing, preservation of government digital records, and XML. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Library of Congress, among others. Theresa is co-chair of the North American Digital Government Working Group and serves on various editorial and advisory boards including Government Information Quarterly, the International Advisory Board for Mobile Technologies for the United Nations, the Financial Market Regulation Program at the University at Albany and the Expert Working Group for the EUR eGov project. She was recently appointed as a senior adviser to the Informatization Research Institution, State Information Center, P.R. China. Theresa holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Dr. Yuanfu Jiang

Jiang Yuanfu is Director of EGovernment Department, EGovernment Research Center, CNSA. He accomplished several applied research projects with government partners. His research fields cover outsourcing for EGovernment construction and services, cross-boundary information sharing and integration, project management for EGovernment construction and its maintenance. His research has been funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Soft Science Foundation of China, and some departments of central government and local government. Jiang Yuanfu is the member of editorial board of EGovernment Monthly.

Presentation