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Competence Development of E-Government: A Study Circle Approach

Competence Development of E-Government: A Study Circle Approach

Kerstin Grundén
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466603240|ISBN10: 1466603240|EISBN13: 9781466603257
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0324-0.ch030
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Grundén, Kerstin. "Competence Development of E-Government: A Study Circle Approach." Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies: Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks, edited by Kelvin Joseph Bwalya and Saul F.C. Zulu, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 591-604. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0324-0.ch030

APA

Grundén, K. (2012). Competence Development of E-Government: A Study Circle Approach. In K. Bwalya & S. Zulu (Eds.), Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies: Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks (pp. 591-604). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0324-0.ch030

Chicago

Grundén, Kerstin. "Competence Development of E-Government: A Study Circle Approach." In Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies: Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks, edited by Kelvin Joseph Bwalya and Saul F.C. Zulu, 591-604. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0324-0.ch030

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Abstract

Effective implementation of e-Government demands the likelihood of appropriately incorporating all the multi-dimensional socio-technical factors in its design strategy. These socio-technical factors may involve, apart from the technological penetration and adoption, the different attitudes and competencies that may influence e-Government uptake. In this chapter, an interview study of a Web-based course for issues related to the implementation of e-Government is described and analysed. The design of the course was inspired by a study circle pedagogical approach. The respondents were especially positive to the group discussions of the studied course. Group-discussions and follow-up activities contributed to integrate learning outcomes into work practice. This study opines that there is a need to combine both development-oriented approaches with adaptive-oriented approaches in order to link different theoretical and practical aspects of the changed work-situation in the community of practice. There is also a need for pedagogical learning of producers and organisers of Web-based education in public organisations, in order to make them to be conscious about the importance of different pedagogical approaches, and the importance of making a thorough problem analysis before the design of the course.

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