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    ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

    (Department of Business Administration)


    WARNING
    1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE
    ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF
    DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
    2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENT(S) BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
    OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
    “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
    Course: Technology Policy and Administration (5014) Semester: Spring, 2023
    Level: MSc

    Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50


    ASSIGNMENT No. 1
    (Units: 1–5)
    Note: Attempt all questions.

    Q. 1 What are the key characteristics of Information Technology? How does it impact
    Public Administration? (20)

    Q. 2 What do you think is the role of E-Government in maintaining a feasible environment


    for information technology in public sector? Discuss. (20)

    Q. 3 Write the significance of Information Resources Management. Give examples. (20)

    Q. 4 How does Leading-Edge Technology Impact Local Governments? (20)

    Q. 5 How does Information Technology evolve at the Federal level? (20)


    ASSIGNMENT No. 2
    (Units 1–9)
    Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50

    This assignment is a research-oriented activity. You are required to obtain information


    from a business/commercial organization and prepare a report of about 1000 words on
    the topic allotted to you to be submitted to your teacher for evaluation.

    You are required to select one of the following topics according to the last digit of your
    roll number. For example, if your roll number is P-3427180 then you will select topic # 0
    (the last digit): -

    Topics:
    0) Information Technology and Public Administration
    1) Information Technology and Politics
    2) Evolution of Information Technology
    3) Information Resources Management Characteristics
    4) Role of Digital Government
    5) Leading-Edge Information Technology
    6) Information Technology and Results-Based Management
    7) Focus Groups and Information Technology
    8) Importance of World Wide Web in Public Workplace
    9) Future Research Agenda for Public Administration

    The report should follow the following format:


    1) Title page
    2) Acknowledgements
    3) An abstract (one page summary of the paper)
    4) Table of contents
    5) Introduction to the topic (brief history & significance of topic assigned)
    6) Practical study of the organization (with respect to the topic)
    7) Data collection methods
    8) SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats) relevant to the
    topic assigned
    9) Conclusion (one page brief covering important aspects of your report)
    10) Recommendations (specific recommendations relevant to topic assigned)
    11) References (as per APA format)
    12) Annexes (if any)

    GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT # 2:


     1.5 line spacing
     Use headers and subheads throughout all sections
     Organization of ideas
     Writing skills (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
     Professionalism (readability and general appearance)
     Do more than repeat the text
     Express a point of view and defend it.

    2
    WORKSHOPS
    The workshop presentations provide students opportunity to express their communication
    skills, knowledge & understanding of concepts learned during practical study assigned in
    assignment # 2.

    You should use transparencies and any other material for effective presentation. The
    transparencies are not the presentation, but only a tool; the presentation is the
    combination of the transparencies and your speech. Workshop presentation
    transparencies should only be in typed format.
    The transparencies should follow the following format:
    1) Title page
    2) An abstract (one page summary of the paper)
    3) Introduction to the topic (brief history & significance of topic assigned)
    4) Practical study of the organization (with respect to the topic)
    5) Data collection methods
    6) SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats) relevant to the
    topic assigned
    7) Conclusion (one page brief covering important aspects of your report)
    8) Recommendations (specific recommendations relevant to topic assigned)

    GUIDELINES FOR WORKSHOP PRESENTATION:


     Make eye contact and react to the audience. Don't read from the transparencies or
    from report, and don't look too much at the transparencies (occasional glances are
    acceptable to help in recalling the topic to cover).
     A 15-minute presentation can be practiced several times in advance, so do that until
    you are confident enough. Some people also use a mirror when rehearsing as a
    substitute for an audience.

    WEIGHTAGE OF THEORY & PRACTICAL ASPECTS IN ASSIGNMENT # 2 &


    WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
    Assignment # 2 & workshop presentations are evaluated on the basis of theory & its
    applicability. The weightage of each aspect would be:

    Theory: 60%
    Applicability (practical study of the organization): 40%

    3
    TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
    COURSE OUTLINE (5014)

    Block-1: Technology and Administration


     Information Technology and Public Administration: The View
    from the Profession
     Politics, Accountability, and Governmental Information
    Systems 

    Block-2: Evolution of Information Technology Management


     The Evolution of Information Technology Management at the
    Federal Level: Implications for Public Administration 
     The Realities of the Paperwork Reduction

    Block-3: Information Resources Management


     Information Resources Management – key factors

    Block-4: Digital Government


     Mediating the Tension between Information Privacy and
    Information Access: The Role of Digital Government 
     E-Government: An Overview 

    Block-5: Leading-Edge Information Technologies


     Leading-Edge Information Technologies and Local
    Governments

    Block-6: Information Technology - Results-Based Management


     Information Technology as a Facilitator of Results-Based
    Management in Government 
     Computer Tools for Better Public Sector Management 

    Block-7: Information Technology in Research and Practice


     Survey Research, Focus Groups, and Information Technology
    in Research and Practice 
     Geographic Information Systems in the Public Sector 

    Block-8: Issues of Privacy and Public Disclosure 


     Electronic Mail in the Public Workplace: Issues of Privacy and
    Public Disclosure 
     World Wide Web Site Design and Use in Public Management 

    4
    Block-9: Future Challenges for Technology Policy and Administration
     Toward an Information Technology Research Agenda for
    Public Administration 

    Text Books and Readings


    1) Toward an Information Technology Research Agenda for Public
    Administration by G. David Garson (North Carolina State University,
    USA), Publisher: McGraw Hill, latest edition.

    2) Policy Practice and Digital Science: Integrating Complex Systems, Social


    Simulation and Public Administration by Marijn Janssen and Maria A.
    Wimmer, Publisher: Springer, latest edition.

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