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E-government adoption: Architecture and barriers (2005)
| Venue: | Business Process Management Journal |
| Citations: | 66 - 0 self |
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@ARTICLE{Ebrahim05e-governmentadoption:,
author = {Zakareya Ebrahim and Zahir Irani},
title = {E-government adoption: Architecture and barriers},
journal = {Business Process Management Journal},
year = {2005},
pages = {589--611}
}
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Abstract
Purpose – To provide an integrated architecture framework for e-government that represents the alignment of IT infrastructure with business process management in public sector organisations and classify the barriers that might complicate the implementation of the proposed architecture framework. The study will help IT practitioners in the public sector learn how to use and manage information technologies to revitalise business processes, improve decision-making, and gain a competitive advantage from the adoption of e-government. The proposed architecture framework for e-government adoption will reduce confusion surrounding e-government infrastructure in the public sector through understanding the implementation processes, identifying requirements of information and communications technology tools, highlighting the importance of the organisational management resources and the impact of barriers. Design/methodology/approach – A range of earlier studies have been critically examined and analysed to provide an integrated architecture framework for e-government adoption that can address and identify the standards, infrastructure components, applications, and technologies for e-government. The authors have divided the architecture framework into four layers; access layer,
Keyphrases
e-government adoption public sector integrated architecture framework architecture framework communication technology tool design methodology approach range organisational management resource access layer proposed architecture framework e-government infrastructure business process competitive advantage infrastructure component public sector organisation information technology business process management
