Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends - Hardcover

Senior Editor] [Jan Travers Managing Edito Garson, G. David [Mehdi Khosrowpour

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1878289527 ISBN 13: 9781878289520

Publisher: Idea Group Publishing [1998 / 1999 with both dates appearing on the copyright pa, 1998

Synopsis

Written by noted academics and public administration practitioners, this anthology covers the management of public information technology, focusing on its politics, organizational change, policy evolution, investment management, access, privacy and other administrative issues. Additional topics include technology diffusion, control systems, data analysis, geographic information systems, agency websites, online research and more. Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends constitutes a survey of many of the most important dimensions of managing information technology in the public sector. In Part I, chapters address general policy and administrative issues. The chapters of Part II represent applied information technology skills needed by public managers. Together, the chapters of this book make a contribution toward the knowledge and competencies needed by researchers and practitioners in this field.

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About the Author

G. David Garson is full professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on American government, research methodology, computer applications, and geographic information systems. In 1995, he was recipient of the Donald Campbell Award from the Policy Studies Organization, American Political Science Association, for outstanding contributions to policy research methodology and in 1997 of the Aaron Wildavsky Book Award from the same organization. He is author of Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998), Computer Technology and Social Issues (1995), Geographic Databases and Analytic Mapping (1992), and is author, co-author, editor, or coeditor of 17 other books and author or co-author of over 50 articles. He has also created award-winning American Government computer simulations, CD-ROMs, and four web sites for Prentice-Hall and Simon & Schuster (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998). In 1998 he won the "Web Book Award" from Online Magazine for his web site, "Introduction to American Government." For the last 16 years, he has also served as editor of the Social Science Computer Review and is on the editorial board of four additional journals. He also serves as a Visiting Scholar with Academic Systems, Inc., where he heads up a project on interactive economics education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Idea Group Publishing [1998 / 1999 with both dates appearing on the copyright pa
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878289527
• ISBN 13: 9781878289520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312