Public management and information technology: towards a new institutional model? Cover Image

Viešasis valdymas ir informacinės technologijos. Naujo institucinio modelio link?
Public management and information technology: towards a new institutional model?

Author(s): Egidijus Barcevičius
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla & VU Tarptautinių santykių ir politikos mokslų institutas

Summary/Abstract: There are no simple answers when it comes to explaining what information technologies would change in public management. Conceptually the electronic government is a rather new research field, therefore it lacks universally accepted definitions and causal models. Therefore this article attempts to make a contribution in theoretical terms: it develops the idea that technologies provide an impetus towards development of a new institutional public management model, which is fundamentally different from the traditional rational bureaucracy and New Public Management. Having defined the main features of the IT-based model, the article discusses the possible mechanism of change – i.e. to what extent within this mechanism the IT can be considered an independent variable?

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-120
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Lithuanian