About the Programme

Introduction

The MSc e-Governance in Developing States degree programme is about the use of information and communication technology (ICTs) to better deliver services and democracy. The programme also seeks to analyse and describe the linkages between government, the business world and civil society and their use of the internet and other digital devices to facilitate effective decision making. The programme will fundamentally examine the very nature of the transformative changes occurring in public life and how they are redefined, managed and negotiated for citizens and the way they live, communicate and work. The MSc in eGovernance in Developing States will present the historical, institutional, legal, organizational, functional, policy, and theoretical background that are critical for assisting in the preparation and career-readiness of public administration scholars and practitioners of information and communication technologies (ICTS).

What Will I Study?

Objectives

Core questions to be addressed by this programme will include inter alia: what government functions and practices are changed by e-Governance initiatives; what are the socio-political implications of e-Governance; how are e-Governance initiatives designed and evaluated; how are public administrators challenged by such initiatives; and what are the consequences for the relationships between public and private institutions as well as citizens. The programme also has as its objectives: an examination of the evolution of information policy in the Caribbean and other developing states such as, India, Brazil, South Africa, Singapore; a look at industrial countries such as North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia and the search for best practice.

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