transcending e-government: a case of mobile government in beijing
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Presentation at The First European Conference on Mobile Government, 12 July 2005, Brighton UKTRANSCRIPT
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Transcending eTranscending e--Government: a Case Government: a Case of Mobile Government in Beijingof Mobile Government in Beijing
SONG GangSONG Gang
Department of Information Systems Department of Information Systems London School of Economics and Political London School of Economics and Political
ScienceScience
The First European Conference on Mobile GovernmentThe First European Conference on Mobile Government12 July 2005, Brighton UK12 July 2005, Brighton UK
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Understanding MobilityMicro, Remote and Local MobilityLocal, Regional and Global MobilityWandering, Traveling and visiting
Kristofferson and Ljungberg, 2000
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Mobility Beyond the Obvious
Mobilizationof Interaction
Spatial
Temporal ContextualLinear clock time
Social time
Locally conditioned
Flexibly coordinated
Rigidly confined Moving freely
Kakihara and Sørensen, 2002
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Fluid Work Practice
Region Network Fluid
Social Topology (Mol and Law, 1994 )
Boundary Relation Variation and Transformation
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Duality of Mobility
Mobility does not mean independence from place but rather an optimal dialectic between real and virtual environment, between stability and fluidity
Pica and Kakihara, 2003
Mobility as stability: an interactional viewMobility as fluidity: an organizational view
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E-Government andMobile Government
E-Government as online Internet portal?Government Response to address the mobility of government itself, and the mobile society at large.
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China: a Dynamic Country
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Beijing: the Capital City
Population: 13.819 millionArea: 16800 km2
Dongcheng district: one of the central district in BeijingPopulation: 625,000Area: 25.38 km2
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ICT in China at a GlanceChina (mainland only), till Dec. 2004:
94 millions Internet users with penetration 7.16%; 335 million mobile users with penetration: 25.5%.
Beijing, till Dec. 2004:4.02 million Internet users with penetration 27.6%;13.359 million mobile users with penetration 90.6%.
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Mobile Life
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Local Governance
Local Government Structure:Municipal level > District level >Neighborhood level >(residents committees)
Challenges to municipal management of a fast changing city
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Mobile Government Initiative in Dongcheng District of Beijing
ChallengesFragmented functionsHighly bureaucraticInaccurate informationPoor performance evaluationInefficient municipal management
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Initiative to ActionDetermination from the top management of the district to take advantage of ICT (mobile technology, GPS, GIS) to reinvent the municipal management.Staffs with mobile device support were send to the street to report problem and interact with citizens.
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Setting Up Two Centers:Supervision Center
Supervision center: newly established independent entity, with 400 recruited mobile supervisors, also operate a call center.
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Setting Up Two Centers:Command Center
Command Center: based in District Integrated Municipal Administration Commission, its function of coordination is reinforced.
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Grid Management
25.38 km2 is divided into 1625 cells.Survey and Map of all public facilities in a relevant cell in the GIS system.
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Clarify AccountabilityIdentify 4 layers of responsible entities: the district government, 10 neighborhood committees, 137 residents committees, institutions in the relevant 1625 cells.
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Mobile SupervisorsReport to and receive orders from the supervision centerResponsible to inspect and confirm problems in relevant cells
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Mobile SupervisorsConstant connection to the supervision center through the mobile handsetPosition and working status monitored by the supervision center
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Process Re-engineering
Information collected and checked in the fieldReal-time information sharing among the mobile supervisors and the two centersComprehensive data base established in the district
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Implication of ImplementationMobile technology together with grid management, GIS, GPS technology enabled the district to better manage its mobile work with both efficiency and effectiveness.In mobile government implementation, the most important issue is the alignment of organizational change with organizational strategic goals, followed by information flow integration and then technology issues.Mobile technology goes together with organizational change and process reengineering,And is implemented through empowered, motivated and trained people.
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Before and After
Before mobile governmentFragmented, highly bureaucratic, inefficient After mobile governmentProblem identified and confirmed by mobile supervisor real-time, better information sharing, better coordination, more efficient problem solving, better performance evaluation, fluid work practice, build up trust
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Transcending e-Government
Move from tethered, PC-centric model to mobile, people-centric techniques and strategies, transcending the old government service delivery model.
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Service Delivery Paradigm Shift
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Distinct “Managed” Fluidity
A managed fluidity which is distinct from those of “post modern professionals”Flatter but enhanced hierarchy“managed” fluid organizationStrong potential to eradicate complicated bureaucratic procedures and to interact with people in their own contextPotential of more horizontal and vertical integration.
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Fluid Work Practice
Region Network Fluid
Adapted from Social Topology (Mol and Law, 1994 )
Boundary Relation Variation and Transformation
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Social Topology, ICT and Government Social Topology, ICT and Government Service Delivery ModelService Delivery Model
Action oriented, coordinated, real time
Standard “transactions”, informational
Bureaucratic, office based
Service DeliveryService Delivery
Mobile GovernmentInternet Based E-Government
HierarchyGovernment ModelGovernment Model
Virtual+ PhysicalVirtualPhysical and co-located
InteractionInteraction
Mobile phone, PDA, Other convergence technology, Mobile computing or Ubiquitous computing
Telephone, Internet, e-mail, end user computing
Mainframe, local network, (and Pre-ICT)
Typical ICT Typical ICT ApplicationApplication
Variation & transformation
RelationBoundaryCharacteristicsCharacteristics
FluidFluidNetworkNetworkRegionRegionSocial TopologySocial Topology
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ContactContactDr. Tony CORNFORDDr. Tony CORNFORD
Senior Lecturer at Department of Information Systems,London School of Economics and Political [email protected] Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom
SONG GangSONG GangChevening Scholar at Department of Information Systems,London School of Economics and Political Science [email protected] http://mobility.grchina.comhttp://song.mgov.cn http://song.grchina.com
Song, G. (2005) “Transcending e-Government: a Case of Mobile Government in Beijing”, the Proceedings of the First European Conference on Mobile Government, (editors I. Kushchu and M. HalidKuscu), pp 476-485, 10-12th July, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK