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Government-Industry ICT Partnering in Regional Australia : issues surrounding top down initiatives
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Braun, Patrice |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | This paper discusses a federally funded portal development and concurrent action research study with a regional tourism marketing body operating under state government auspices. The paper examines the communication flows within and between the agency and its ‘constituents’; agency communication practices; and the impact of the project on regional industry relations. The action research study revealed that regional connectivity was unevenly spread between the public and the private sector, with the public sector showing considerably more capacity towards connectivity than the private sector. The study analysis further suggests major impediments to adopting portal technologies for e-marketing and government-industry communication purposes related to the culture of the agency and their understanding of ICT. The study identified silo politics, lack of leadership, lack of expertise and lack of learning among the most significant barriers to government-industry ICT partnering. A lack of complex and collaborative strategic thinking across horizontal and vertical government tiers also contributed to the relational capital embedded within the region remaining largely untapped. The study suggests that regional governance bodies are ideally placed to play a facilitating role in government-industry ICT partnering provided they are able to generate stakeholder trust and product region knowledge through active learning processes, regional relationship building and the offering of appealing participation opportunities. When adequately resourced, agency members 1 Research Fellow, Centre for Regional Innovation & Competitiveness (CRIC), University of Ballarat. Email: p.braun@ballarat.edu.au Government-Industry ICT Partnering in Regional Australia: issues surrounding top down initiatives 2 / 18 could not only take a hands-on interest in their own ICT solutions, but also use upstream and downstream channels to disseminate a better understanding of top-down initiatives. A paper prepared for the Australian Electronic Governance Conference. Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Victoria, 14 and 15 April, 2004. Government-Industry ICT Partnering in Regional Australia: issues surrounding top down initiatives |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/egovernance/papers/06_Braun.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
