Transcript Information Society & E-Government

Information Society
& E-Government
# 210004 – PS [D3/F/G6]
WS 2005
W. Frisch
Time Table
# 210004 Blocked :Tuesday Oct 11, Oct 25,
HS 23 6:30 P.M.
Lectures # 210003
Oct 24, Nov 7, Nov 28, Dec 12 HS 28 - 4 P.M.
Proposal for Research due: Oct 25
Virtual Midterm Exam: Nov 8
Final Term Paper due: Jan 16, 2006
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Information Society
• Information Society is
a term for a society in
which the creation,
distribution, and
manipulation of
information has
become the most
significant economic
and cultural activity.
Objectives
• Investigate major implications of ICT
in Europ´s
on organizations and individuals in the
private and public sector: power, jobs,
supervision, and decision making
Does ICT have only Positive
Effects
• While our society generally embraces
IT, there are many people who believe
that humankind is threatened by the
evolution of technology.
• We must be aware of ICT’s negative
effects on individuals and members of
organizations and society.
Questions arise
• such as:
Will society have any control over the
decisions to deploy technology?
– Where will technology critics be
able to make their voices heard?
– Who will investigate the costs and
risks of technologies, and who is
going to pay for that investigation?
Structure, Authority & Job
Content
 Flatter Organizational Hierarchies
 An increased span of control.
 Blue-to-white Collar Staff Ratio
 The number of professionals and
specialists could decline.
 Special Units
 Technology center, e-commerce
center, etc.
The Manager’s Job
IT changes the way Managers make
decisions in the following ways;
Automation of routine decisions
Less expertise required for many
decisions.
Less reliance on experts to provide support
to top executives.
Power redistribution among managers,
and power shifts down the organization.
Organizational Changes
The use of computer-assisted
communication technologies leads to
organizational changes
A large variety of
people participate
in decision
making.
Fewer
organizational
levels
More rapid
identification of
oportunities for
better decisions
Impacts of Individuals at
Work
• Job Satisfaction
– Dissatisfied
Managers
• Dehumanization
& Psychological
Impacts
– Isolation and
the Internet
Impacts of Individuals at Work
• Information Anxiety
– Frustration with the quality of the
information available on the Web.
– Too many sources online.
– Frustration with the guilt associated with
not being better informed.
• Impacts on Health & Safety
– Job Stress
– Repetitive Strain Injuries
– Ergonomics
Technology & Crime
One of the major debates surrounding
IT involves situations in which police
are using technology to reduce crime.
– Scanning Crowds for Criminals.
– Casinos use face recognition systems
to identify ”undesirables”.
– Many banks, gas stations,
convenience stores, and even
elevators use the system.
What is eEurope?
An initiative within the EU to ensure
Europe benefits from the emerging
Information Society operating along 3 key
Action Lines (or objectives):
 Cheaper, faster, secure internet,
 Investing in people and skills,
 Stimulate the use of the internet.
Europe´s Way to the Information
Society
• From State Monopoly to the Base Technology of the
Information Society - “Information Society is more
than Telecommunications” (Clinton/Gore
'White
Paper': 1993).
• Bangemann-Report 1994 “Europe and the global
information society”. "An information society is a
means to achieve so many of the Union's objectives"
Instruction Methods
• Tutorials and virtual-learning units will be
the primary methods of instruction
• The analytical approaches emphasizes on
ICTs socio-political implications
• Guest lecturers will be featured as
appropriate - Dates will be announced -
Guest Reader´s
Gert Keuschnigg (IBM)
Rudolf Horvath (APA
Oct 24, 4 p.m. HS28 Thomas Lutz (Microsoft
J. Tiefenbacher (Capgemini)
Arthur Winter (BMfF)
Rudolf Fischer (Telekom)
H. Ametsreiter (Mobilkom)
Josef Broukal (NR-SPÖ)
H.Eichert/N.Schröder (ORACL)
Research Targets & Term
Paper Submitance
• You are expected to write a min. 9 page –
research report in english. Students will
select a topic for research from a list of
research topics.
• Submit your final version of research
paper (due latest Jan 16, 2006) for
evaluation
Asignment Information
• Written Proposal for Research
due: Oct 25, - 2005
• Term Paper due: Jan 16-2006
• Monitor syllabus for updates &
announcements
• Contact: - [email protected]
What is your task ?
1. Select
a topic for research (hyperlink in
syllabus)
2. Write
a Proposal (get approval)
3. Carry
our research and write term
paper (min 9 pages)
Use the doc template (hyperlink for
download in syllabus)
Writing a Research Proposal
the research proposal has two major, practical
functions:
• • It helps you to structure your thinking about
how to approach an answer to your problem.
• • It convinces your adviser and readers that
you have thought through the parameters of
your problem and have a good strategy for
solving it.
This question should be a combination
of
1. the subject you intend to explore;
2. the specific question you intend to answer
3. the significance of your answer in solving the
problem
4. elaboration of the different implications of the
research question, substantively linking it to the
setting in which it fits; and
5. discussion of why the question is important
(intellectually, practically, and theoretically).
Next Course - Agenda
• October 25, - 18:30:00 - HS 23
• Presentation: Proposal for Research
• Term Paper Issues
Readings & Resources
• All course documents are now available in
course description - see hyperlinks in
• Course Home Page:
http://www.univie.ac.at/frisch/isegov/aushae
ngUniWien/pssyllabusws05.htm
• See handout – Readings & Resources
Assignment for next meeting Oct 25, 2005
1. Subscribe to class no. 210004 ASAP
(http://www.univie.ac.at/frisch/php/frisch_sub
scribe.html)
2. Submit your Research Proposal using
the doc.template
3. Subscribe to NEP-ICT
http://lists.repec.org/mailman/listinfo/ne
p-ict
SSRN
• Social Science Research
Network
is an on-line venue providing access to
working papers, of interest to the
eBusiness and eCommerce community.
http://www.ssrn.com/
NEP-ICT Information &
Communication Technologies
edited by Walter Frisch. Subscribe
• Nep-ICT is a division of Social Science
Research Network .
• NEP (New Economics Papers) is an
awareness service disseminating new
working papers by email in 67 different
fields
Subscribe to nep-ict by
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confirmation, to prevent others from
gratuitously subscribing you.
Monitor Course Description for
Announcements
• You will receive e-mail notifications and
matererials
Course Objectives
• How information technological
developments affect social and political
systems
• Design and conduct a search of electronic,
mass media, Internet and archival
materials for use as documentary material
in support of a research project
THEORIES AND POLICIES FOR THE GLOBAL
INFORMATION SOCIETY: DIGITALISATION,
CONVERGENCE AND GLOBALIZATION
Questions
• Use some time to introduce yourself to the
course description, and familiarize yourself
with the aims and objectives of the
course, the teaching style and materials,
and to settle any questions about the
assignment or exam.
• If you have any other questions about the
course content, reading materials, etc.,
now is a good time to raise them.
.
.
• See Guidelines for assignments &
term paper in Course description
@ www.univie.ac.at/frisch/
See You October 25
Have a nice day