Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government

This note questions how would approaches to personnel management be changed, so that staff incentives facilitate-rather than undermine-project implementation. To succeed, institutional reform efforts must be supported by public officials. Electroni...

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Main Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Holtz, Paul
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6331548/staff-incentives-project-implementation-lessons-e-government
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spelling okr-10986-112022021-04-23T14:02:54Z Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government World Bank Holtz, Paul CAREERS CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DATABASE MANAGEMENT E-GOVERNMENT EGOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE MORALE ENGINEERING HARDWARE HIRING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOB SECURITY JOBS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT NEW TECHNOLOGY ONLINE AUCTIONS PERSONNEL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS RECRUITMENT SLOWDOWNS SOFTWARE DESIGN STAFF STAFF MANAGEMENT STAFF RULES UNIONS This note questions how would approaches to personnel management be changed, so that staff incentives facilitate-rather than undermine-project implementation. To succeed, institutional reform efforts must be supported by public officials. Electronic government (e-government) initiatives pose challenges typical of institutional reforms in public administration. Such initiatives also require addressing the scarce skills, and high costs of the information and communication technology sector. The note draws lessons from staff issues that impeded implementation of five e-government projects, and suggests how changes in personnel management can improve management of staff incentives. 2012-08-13T14:26:11Z 2012-08-13T14:26:11Z 2005-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6331548/staff-incentives-project-implementation-lessons-e-government http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11202 English PREM Notes; No. 101 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic CAREERS
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DATABASE MANAGEMENT
E-GOVERNMENT
EGOVERNMENT
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEE MORALE
ENGINEERING
HARDWARE
HIRING
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SHARING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
JOB SECURITY
JOBS
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
NEW TECHNOLOGY
ONLINE AUCTIONS
PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMING
PROGRAMS
RECRUITMENT
SLOWDOWNS
SOFTWARE DESIGN
STAFF
STAFF MANAGEMENT
STAFF RULES
UNIONS
spellingShingle CAREERS
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DATABASE MANAGEMENT
E-GOVERNMENT
EGOVERNMENT
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEE MORALE
ENGINEERING
HARDWARE
HIRING
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SHARING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
JOB SECURITY
JOBS
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
NEW TECHNOLOGY
ONLINE AUCTIONS
PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMING
PROGRAMS
RECRUITMENT
SLOWDOWNS
SOFTWARE DESIGN
STAFF
STAFF MANAGEMENT
STAFF RULES
UNIONS
World Bank
Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government
relation PREM Notes; No. 101
description This note questions how would approaches to personnel management be changed, so that staff incentives facilitate-rather than undermine-project implementation. To succeed, institutional reform efforts must be supported by public officials. Electronic government (e-government) initiatives pose challenges typical of institutional reforms in public administration. Such initiatives also require addressing the scarce skills, and high costs of the information and communication technology sector. The note draws lessons from staff issues that impeded implementation of five e-government projects, and suggests how changes in personnel management can improve management of staff incentives.
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World Bank
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title Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government
title_short Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government
title_full Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government
title_fullStr Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government
title_full_unstemmed Staff Incentives and Project Implementation : Lessons from e-Government
title_sort staff incentives and project implementation : lessons from e-government
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
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