E-Governance And Its It Alignment
Executive Summary:
Information and communication technologies have a valuable potential to help meet good governance goals in India. This paper looks into the relationship and application of Information Technology in Government and its benefits. Further two Strategic Alignment models are applied to the governance mechanism to understand its relation with IT. It is followed by the E governance structure of India and to understand it better a detailed study on a project named “FRIENDS” is included. The study analyses how the project is benefiting people, its enablers and constraints. Finally the paper concludes with recommendations.
Key words: E governance, Strategic alignment and maturity, FRIENDS Project
Table of Contents: Page No:
Introduction 3
Information technology as a facilitator of Governance 3
Definition of E Governance 3
Fields of Implementation of E Governance 4
Importance and Benefits of E Governance 5
Application of Strategic Alignment Model 6
Alignment model for E Governance 8
Applying Strategic Alignment maturity model 10
E Governance in India 12
FRIENDS Project in Kerala 13
Recommendations 19
References 20
Introduction:
An information system can be defined technically as a set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision making, coordination, and control in an organization. In addition to supporting decision making, coordination, and control, information systems may also help people or organisations analyze problems, visualize complex subjects, and create new products. (Laudon & Laudon 1995, p.7)
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