Implications of Single Point of Contact : municipal case studies

• As more public organizations aim to move to the stage of transformational Government, the need for ‘single point of contact” increases dramatically on local, regional and national government levels. This paper contributes to literature by reporting the findings from three case studies of Swedish local government who has reached, or intend to reach, the transformational stage of e-Government. Using a grounded theory approach, information about the municipalities was collected and analyzed from the perspective of goals, implications and change management. The paper reports on the opportunities aimed for and experienced by the municipalities as well as the organization-al, technical and legal challenges faced by them. Finally we make five prop-ositions, based on the learning from the case studies, on how to manage changes related to implementing single point of contact in local government.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)

Keyword

citizen-centric

e-Government

transformational government

single point of contact

capabilities

implications

change management

Computer and Systems Sciences

data- och systemvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kon (subject category)