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Overcoming the Dilemma in the Sturcture of E-Government Building Project : In the Case of E-Government Special Committee

  • Informatization Policy
  • Abbr : 정보화정책
  • 2003, 10(2), pp.30-49
  • Publisher : NIA
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy

소영진 1

1대구대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

There are many policy paradoxes in informatization projects. The causes include rapid technological change, rapid growth of field, ambiguity in defining the domain etc. Moreover there is a paradox between horizontal need of unity and vertical rivalry among organizations. Policy paradox shifts into dilemma under some social conditions, and brings about policy failure. So in designing the structure, we have to be careful about occuring of these conditions. There have been various types of structure in korean e-government projects. But almost no structure could overcome the policy dilemma arisen from parochialism. 'E-government special committee', ended its official activities recently, has been said to overcome the policy dilemma and accomplish its projects relatively well despite of being a non-permanent organization. I wanted to get some suggestions in designing informatization structure by searching the organizational features of this committee, and found that various factors such as limiting the domain of business, non-permanent and lower status, budgetary support from the Ministry of Planning and Budget, political support from the Presidency, non-official civillian leader etc. have mitigated the conditions of policy dilemma such as contradiction, discreteness equal-value. These advantages can be used in designing a coordinating organization. We have to make permanent 'special committee' as a national CIO under the Presidency, and give it the strategic role of problem-solving among various ministries.

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