2013, Vol.23, No.4

Korean Society and Public Administration 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.89

pISSN : 1225-8652
https://journal.kci.go.kr/kspa

This study benchmarks advanced countries including the USA, Canada, UK, France, Japan, and Finland, before proposing four key factors for improving informatization performance in Korea. First, regarding environment, it is better to use ICT to make alternative responses to social issues such as aging society. Second, as to leadership, it is desirable to rebuild e-Government 2.0 for the development of democracy and the improvement of participation. Third, in terms of institutions, it is necessary to introduce a managerial organization for the coordination and unification of the various functions of the ministries involved. Lastly, as to feedback, there would be benefits to making a new institution to oversee the implementation and consistency of the new policies and programs.

The informatization of Korean government made computer-assisted audits possible and has helped to achieve results which would have been impossible using traditional audit methods. Computer-assisted audits have also alleviated the burden felt both by audited companies and the auditors themselves. However, problems inherent in the data used in audits have brought about difficulties in the audit process and had a negative effect on audit results. Therefore, it is imperative that research address this issue. This study introduces a number of cases where computer-assisted audits are used, and discusses major information technology techniques that are used for enhancing auditing capability, as well as methodological differences between traditional and computer-assisted audits. Technical problems in computer-assisted audits, both in Korea and internationally, are then discussed and investigated. In addition, the effects of data quality on the performance and credit rating of public institutions is analyzed. The main results of this study are as follows. First, we found that improved data quality for public institutions would help to enhance the effectiveness of computer-assisted audits. Second, the role of self-auditing organizations in continually monitoring their data quality should be strengthened.

This study examines changes in the landscape of global science and technology (S&T) knowledge networks and their characteristics through focusing on the G20 nations. Using a range of articles and patents from the past 20 years, the changing emphasis given to knowledge production in the G20 nations is analyzed on the basis of R&D investment, activity and output indices and application structure. The findings suggest that a new landscape of activity regarding global S&T innovation is being formed. In particular, after the 2008 financial crisis, the global economic order has altered and knowledge based society has changed rapidly due to both increased knowledge and labor mobility. Currently, the importance of global S&T knowledge flows in G7 nations appears to be decreasing due to the increasing role of newly industrialized countries such as China, India, and Brazil, along with small but strong countries including Korea and states in northern Europe. It is suggested that these changes in the flow of global knowledge will be reflected in future global economic flows.