INFORMATION SYSTEMS THEORY

Information System Theory

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion3

Theory of Information Processing:7

Conceptualizing IT strategy management:8

IT Strategy management and collaboration in government:10

Public Sector and Outsourcing strategy:10

5Es of Information System by Checkland:13

Conclusion14

References16

Information System Theory

Introduction

Governments are continuously seeking how to better exploit the opportunities offered by IT for raising the efficiency and effectiveness in administrative and business processes, and for improving operations. This is reflected in the increased government spending on IT worldwide, estimated at USD 428.38bn in 2009 and expected to grow by another 5% in 2010. However, the non-abating record of failed IT initiatives is a major concern (Lawson, 2008, Pp. 75-82), giving rise to tighter regulation and coordination requirementson IT performance across government. In mainstream economics, the market is the default way in which order is deemed to emerge. There are, however, different sources for order in society. At the same time, many economists only believe there is a role for government when markets fail, making the proper role of government a limited one. Some economists believe that governments will inherently fail given the assumptions about what drives individual behavior including that of government officials. Given that government officials are in a special position, their behavior can, in particular, be failure prone. Public choice theory and the theory on rent seeking are prime among these economic theories. This paper discusses Information Systems Theory in a holistic context with reference to governments' rip-off of the tax payer money by wasted in an immigration sector

Discussion

Transparency is acknowledged to be a quintessential democratic value for a trustworthy, high performing and accountable government. Besides being a value in itself, transparency is regarded to be a promising instrument to increase citizen trust in government (Worthy, 2010, Pp. 561-582). Since high levels of trust in government and between people in society are considered to be essential for societies to prosper and for governments to functioning well, a lack of trust in government is one of the major concerns in contemporary governance (Hetherington, 1998, Pp. 791-808). There has been a longstanding normative debatewhether transparency is the idealmanner to increase trust in government. 'Transparency optimists' argue that transparencywill lead to a culture of openness and more trust in government, whereas 'transparency pessimists' stress the negative effects such as politics of scandal and 'demystification' of government.

The rise of ICTs and the Internet has given new impetus to this debate. For example, the Internet allows information about government decisionmaking, policies or policy outcomes to be disclosed in new formats on unprecedented scale (Curtin & Meijer, 2006, Pp. 109-123). The backbone of transparency can be found in Freedom of Information Acts (FOIAs). These laws have enabled government transparency for manyyears and have been implemented in many countries throughout the world (Relly & Sabharwal, 2009, Pp. 148-157). For example, the US already implemented a FOIA in 1966 and the Netherlands in 1980. Sweden takes pride in having the oldest FOIA, which already came into force in 1766. Recently, however, socalled 'computermediated transparency' has gained attention in the literature (Meijer, 2009, ...