Summarizing our
MBA of Public Administration & e-Government Program
| Total
Cost |
The total cost of
any course are US$ 490.00 in one only payment, or US$ 590.00 in
four payments of US$ 147.50. |
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Scholarship
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Our Board
will examine all requests for a partial fully justified
scholarship. We do not issue total scholarship. Any
partial scholarship must be paid in full. |
| Begin |
Any course will
begin five working days after your payment. |
| Duration |
Four and half
months (in Fast Track) or One year. We recommend the Fast Track model. |
| Languages |
All courses are in
English, plus the same lessons in one of the following
translations: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian,
Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian,
Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian,
Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Espanol, Swedish, Ukrainian,
Vietnamese.
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| Diploma |
After
the final exam, you will receive (through a Priority
Airmail Registered letter) a Diploma and a Transcript, both with
an official Public Notary signature and seal.
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| Exam |
You
have two options for the final exam, at your choice: Or a
multiple choice test through the Web, or to write a 10-pages
white paper about the studied subject.
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Brief Notes on Public Administration & e-Government - government sites
Dr. S. Koner,
MBA Professor
New technologies arė changing the way that law enforcement investigates suspected criminals from tracking e-mails and eaves dropping cellular phone calls. These examples of e-Government, and many others, show how IT is changing the way we share information, transact business, and make decisions. Lawyers are among the many professionals impacted by these changes.
Using the Internet portals to create one-stop shops is one currently popular e-Government approach to improving the delivery of public services to citizens.
By marking out e-Government as an activity distinct from health, education or quality of life, we promote the idea that implementing e-Government is an end in itself.
Why do Government officials love e-Government and hate e-democracy? The answer is implicit in the definition of the question. e-Government uses Information Technology to make Government operate more efficiently, often by copying techniques first developed in the private sector. E-democracy uses Information Technology to make elected officials more accountable to the public.
The Internet is primarily a communications medium, not a space to do things, other than buy the odd book, CD or bottle of wine. And yet there are hundreds of projects up and down the country, online communities, pressure groups and learning centres where e-Government is happening.
From an manufacturer perspective, improvements need to be made to the Customer/supplier interface, if e-Government is to continue to flourish. In particular, the concept of partnering needs to evolve and develop into a 'modern relationship'.
Often there is not a hard-and-fast distinction between e-Government and e-democracy. Take voting technology. To the extent that improved voting technology reduces Government's cost of conducting a reliable vote, it is e-Government. But to the extent it systematically influences who votes, whose votes are actually counted or any other variable that affects the translation of voter preferences into public policy, it is e-democracy.
The e-Government resulting benefits can include less corruption, increased transparency, greater convenience, revenue growth, and cost reductions. e-Government has a great role in offering services to citizens and promoting democracy brought by the integration of the Internet in the process of governance.
Web portals can deliver Government services with various levels of interaction. Three levels are usually identified: information, communication, and transactions.
Since governmental institutions take part in marketing and sales activities, both as buyers and sellers, it is not inconsistent to speak of e-Government applications of e-commerce. Governments do after all conduct business.
Citizens need to be encouraged to use e-Government services, whilst at the same time understanding that electronic services will not replace other trusted channels of delivery such as face-to-face contact.
The future for e-Government will be affected by the way that the supply market changes. To date, some IT suppliers have responded more effectively than others to the way in which the local e-Government market has developed.
The final phase of any e-Government study examine the Return-on-Investment from implementing online services. The aim must be to determine a benchmark Return-on-Investment [or other suitable form of measurement] to be used as a guide to assist agencies in future service planning. Return-on-Investment will encompass not only financial returns, but also impacts for individual agencies, Government more broadly and users of Government services.
e-Government is in principle nothing new. Governments were among the first users of computers. But the global proliferation of the Internet, which effectively integrates information and communications technology on the basis of open standards, combined with the movement to reform public administration known as New Public Management, has for good reason generated a new wave of interest in the topic.
The implications of IT for the future of Government are as yet dimly perceived, notwithstanding a stream of speculation and informed commentary on the future of democracy and governance.
Dr. S Koner is a MBA Professor of the education organization http://what-is-ego.mba-low-cost.com, with almost 60 years of experience in the areas of information technology and business management. |
