Erik F. Lindblom

E-government and Municipal Organizational Change: Ict Innovation Across Municipal Boarders Erik F. Lindblom

e-Government and municipal organizational change Gain insights into trends for the use of ICT in local government collaboration. See how innovative use of new information systems may support significant changes in municipal organization. This book provides a review of important management philosophies in the public sector, including Max Weber's Ideal Bureaucracy, New Public Management, Network Organization and the Neo Weberian State. The book also contains a detailed discussion of e- Government as a concept and examples of from the state-of-the-art of research. On this back drop, an empirical case of municipal collaboration on construction case handling is presented. This provides an analysis and discussion of how e-government initiatives and public management philosophies may guide the direction of local government organization. Real world examples of the interaction of technology and management philosophies in local government.