020734201 E-GOVERNMENT ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Pre-Requisites : 020732100

"The course introduces students to Electronic Government (e-Government) and its intricacies. It starts by deciphering the terminologies related to e-government. Benefits of e-government for citizens, government itself, and society at large are discussed in this course. The course familiarizes the students with what is involved in terms of challenges and obstacles when a country decides to incept their e-government initiative. The course then introduces the different e-Government models which were developed in practice and by researchers in the field. It then portrays the Strategic Framework of e-Government which represents the essence of any e-government strategy followed by the underlying technical architecture. Finally, opportunities and prospects for the developing countries vis a-vis e-government are discussed at end of the course.”