Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition

The Internet is recognized as changing the way people, businesses and government communicate. In Western Australia, like many other jurisdictions, elected members of government have yet to fully embrace the Internet to campaign and to interact with constituents. However, there is interest in gaining...

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Main Authors: Wilson, Arthur, Goldschmidt, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93690
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description The Internet is recognized as changing the way people, businesses and government communicate. In Western Australia, like many other jurisdictions, elected members of government have yet to fully embrace the Internet to campaign and to interact with constituents. However, there is interest in gaining political benefit through the use of the Internet, but little evidence of a sustainable solution being developed. This paper documents activity taken to assist an elected member of state parliament take their initial steps online for interacting with constituents. These activities were based on the use of a project management framework being developed based on four dependent variables to guide the online transition: management, culture, processes, technology. The paper also discusses issues related to the planning and sustainability of the proposed solution.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-936902023-11-20T06:41:17Z Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition Wilson, Arthur Goldschmidt, Peter The Internet is recognized as changing the way people, businesses and government communicate. In Western Australia, like many other jurisdictions, elected members of government have yet to fully embrace the Internet to campaign and to interact with constituents. However, there is interest in gaining political benefit through the use of the Internet, but little evidence of a sustainable solution being developed. This paper documents activity taken to assist an elected member of state parliament take their initial steps online for interacting with constituents. These activities were based on the use of a project management framework being developed based on four dependent variables to guide the online transition: management, culture, processes, technology. The paper also discusses issues related to the planning and sustainability of the proposed solution. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93690 English Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management restricted
spellingShingle Wilson, Arthur
Goldschmidt, Peter
Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition
title Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition
title_full Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition
title_fullStr Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition
title_full_unstemmed Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition
title_short Preparing to Engage the Electorate: Assisting a Politician Make the Online Transition
title_sort preparing to engage the electorate: assisting a politician make the online transition
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93690