Managing standardization in egovernment: A coordination theory based analysis framework

Dian Balta, Helmut Krcmar

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Abstract

Standardization plays an important role for a smooth organizational, semantic, technical and legal interoperation of eGovernment services. Still, standardization struggles with the complexity of administrative procedures that have to be supported and provided online. Managing this complexity poses a crucial challenge for an efficient and effective eGovernment. Different management frameworks have been developed, but the progress of standardization in practice is still perceived as insufficient. To address the challenge of standardization management in eGovernment, we propose a coordination theory based framework for analysis. It consists of three coordination modes distinguished based on their mechanisms and relevant context dimensions. In our research approach, we interpret a single case study of a standardization project in Germany where artefacts were developed from a pragmatism perspective. We discuss our findings and conclude on implications for research and practice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectronic Government - 17th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2018, Proceedings
EditorsHans Jochen Scholl, Olivier Glassey, Efthimios Tambouris, Evangelos Kalampokis, Peter Parycek, Shefali Virkar, Marijn Janssen
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages60-72
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783319986890
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event17th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2018 - Krems, Austria
Duration: 3 Sep 20185 Sep 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11020 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference17th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2018
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityKrems
Period3/09/185/09/18

Keywords

  • Coordination
  • Management
  • Standardization

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