Zum Profil
Public Governance and Open Government
This module consists of a lecture (2 hours per week) and a seminar (2 hours per week, evolving parallel to the lecture). It is held in English.
Organisational
Kick-off on 16th April 2024 16:00 c.t.
Target audience: Master Information Management / Digital Business Management, E-Government, Information Systems (IS), Web Science / Web and Data Science
6 ECTS (2 + 2 SWS)
Module description, general contents and workload: see MoMa: 04WI2012
Examination: regular participation in the lecture with group discussions, presentations, flipped classroom; seminar work with presentations, review process and discussions
Timetable and details will be provided in the kick-off class
Materials and slides: openOLAT is used to share materials and to collect seminar works and presentations. Students, who have registered in Klips to the module and who have attended the kick-off lecture(s), will be granted access via their University credentials. Joining the module after the first three lectures will not be possible and is not negotiable.
Learning objectives
Students
- are knowledgeable about public governance and about open government, including the principles of these fields.
- can distinguish the fields e-government, e-participation, public governance and open government.
- know the theories, methods and concepts for realising good governance and open government
- know instruments of citizen participation and citizen engagement to ensure transparency and trust in government and how these instruments can be introduced in e-government and e-participation projects.
- know the different fields of open government, including open government data and government 2.0 initiatives
- are able to evaluate and assess how well e-government and e-participation endeavours implement good governance principles and can argue where the endeavours fail.
- know means and instruments to introduce open government and good governance principles in e-government and e-participation
- know the principles and means to conceptualise open government and citizen co-creation endeavours
Content of lecture and seminar
- Introduction to public governance and open government, including distinction from related fields
- Open government and good governance principles
- Open data and open government data
- Theories, methods and concepts for realising public governance and open government
- Methods and instruments to introduce open government and good governance principles in e-government and e-participation and to conceptualize respective projects with citizen co-creation
- Trust and Transparency, and relevant instruments of citizen participation and citizen engagement to ensure transparency and trust in government
- Evaluation and assessment of good governance and open government principles as well as of the effectiveness of public governance structures along cases