Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / KMY 453 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Code: KMY 453 Course Title: APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MUSTAFA ARSLAN (m.arslan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to examine the development of e-government applications which has affected the organizational structures and the way the public organizations provide services. Social, political and organizational impacts of e-government and new trends are discussed during the course.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can evaluate the administrative roots of the development of e-government concept. PO-4 Gain ability to adaptate oneself to technologic innovations and use the maximum level of information technologies in order to make managerial decision-making and implementation process more efficient in terms of time and resources;
Examination
LO-2 Can discuss the administrative, political and social effects of e-government applications. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
Examination
LO-3 Examine e-government applications in Turkish public administration PO-4 Gain ability to adaptate oneself to technologic innovations and use the maximum level of information technologies in order to make managerial decision-making and implementation process more efficient in terms of time and resources;
Examination
LO-4 Will gain managerial skills required by technological developments. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-4 Gain ability to adaptate oneself to technologic innovations and use the maximum level of information technologies in order to make managerial decision-making and implementation process more efficient in terms of time and resources;
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The concept of e-government; providing public services on line-opportunities and risks; system design and e-government models; e-government in Turkey; social, political and organizational effects of e-government; new trends in e-government and mobile government
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The concept of e-government Lecture
2 Providing public services on line- opportunities and risks Lecture
3 System design Lecture
4 E-government models Lecture
5 Organizational Effects of E-government applications Lecture
6 Social and political Effects of E-government applications Lecture
7 Information Society and E-readiness Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 E-government Examples Lecture
10 Strategies and Preparation for Transition to E-government in Turkey Lecture
11 Legal Basis of E-government in Turkey Lecture
12 Example E-governmet Applications Lecture
13 E-Municipality Lecture
14 New trends in E-government and Mobile government Lecture
15 General Assessment Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Türk Kamu Yönetiminde Yapısal Dönüşüm ve E-Devlet, Ali Şahin, Çizgi Kitabevi, 2008
2 Bilgi Teknolojileri ve Örgütsel Değişim, T.Kaya Bensghir, TODAİE Yayınları, Ankara, 1996
3 Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change, Jane Fountain, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
4 Mobile Government: An emerging direction in E-government. İbrahim Kuschu, IGI Publishing, 2007
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection, relevant documents and web sites.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 9 1 9
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 9 1 9
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 118