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Strategizing in the Public Sector: Roles within Top Management Teams in the IT Strategy Process
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2008-09-05
Author(s)
Abstract
The complexity of information technology (IT) used today is higher and it changes far more rapidly than two decades ago. As a consequence public administrations are anxious to develop explicit IT-strategies in order to reduce the complexity of innovative IT projects and make them manageable again. Likewise it can be seen that the number of Top Management Teams (TMT) is also increasing while in contrary the one-leader approach is decreasing. The importance of TMT rises as the demands on the top manager concerning IT exceed the capacity of single actors. Still, it remains unclear how IT-strategies are actually developing in the public sector and what impact top managers have in the IT strategy process. In order to contribute to a better understanding of top management teams (TMT) in the IT strategy process preliminary results of a longitudinal case study will be presented based on the new strategy as practice approach. Against the background of a literature review on top management team roles the preliminary results of the case study include the identification of team roles specified through strategizing activities.
Language
English
Keywords
Electronic Government
Strategy As Practice
IT Strategy Process
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Erasmus Universität
Publisher place
Rotterdam
Start page
17
Event Title
European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Annual Conference 2008
Event Location
Rotterdam
Event Date
03.-05.09.2008
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
47514