Digital Transformation and Government: Empowering Businesses and Citizens
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Item Facilitating Digital Transformation through Education: A Case Study in the Public Administration(2020-01-07) Schenk, Birgit; Dolata, MateuszThe need for qualified people to manage the digital transformation in public administration is tremendous. University curricula require adjustments to qualify graduates adequately. Business and engineering departments run practice-oriented university courses to tackle real-world digitalization challenges. In doing so, they shaped digital transformation in many companies. While potentially effective, such approaches remain rare in public administration teaching. It is unclear how to combine a contemporary, practice-oriented training approach towards digitalization with the contents of public administration curricula. The paper outlines the structure and methods employed in a course offered to public administration students at a German University. The preliminary evidence shows that the course was successful among students and practice-partners. Overall, the paper illustrates how public administration universities can contribute towards digital transformation by collaborating with municipalities and by empowering students to manage and drive digital transformation in the public sectorItem Co-creating Digital Government Service: An Activity Theory Perspective(2020-01-07) Helander, Nina; Jussila, Jari; Bal, Anik; Sillanpää, Virpi; Paunu, Annamaija; Ammirato, Salvatore; Felicetti, AlbertoThe promise of digital government is to support citizen engagement and participation in government, improve government processes, and foster external interactions with the society. The goal in the service development under the digital governance concept is to create services and delivery systems that are economic, efficient, effective, and equitable, and thus, create value for several stakeholders. Creation of such digital government services is however, a challenging task as it requires a smooth co-operation between several different actors with varying views and operation practices. In this paper, we analyze an empirical study of a co-creation project of a digital government service in Finland through activity theory lenses. The aim is to identify the co-creation activity system and further, to evaluate the outcome by applying a value co-creation (VCC) measurement framework.Item Introduction to the Minitrack on Digital Transformation and Government: Empowering Businesses and Citizens(2020-01-07) Hughes, Jerald; Scholl, Margit; Alawadhi, Suha