Browsing by Author "Phythian, Michael James"

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    Developing measures of e-Government progress using action research.
    (ACADEMIC CONFERENCES LTD, 2009) Phythian, Michael James; Fairweather, N. Ben, 1966-; Howley, Richard G.
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    Employing social media as a tool in information systems research.
    (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2010) Phythian, Michael James; Fairweather, N. Ben, 1966-; Howley, Richard G.
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    Implementing the measurement of modern service delivery mechanisms in a selected range of English councils.
    (De Montfort University, 2010-07) Phythian, Michael James
    This research provides the first thorough investigation into, and analysis of, the literature on e-government metrics and has opened up the topic and literature to the practitioner community. The research focuses on English local government, in response to what the researcher had experienced as haphazard implementation of e-government. Supplementary explorations included official and unofficial reasons for the adoption of e-government, along with the role of politics and Politics – local, national and international. Until this research, the main focus for e-government measurement had been on targets or large and complex analyses suitable only for central government. Instead, this research proposes parsimonious measurement. Such measurement, reliant upon collating citizen feedback across delivery channels, will assist improvement to services and assist channel migration. This had never been examined before. Since the subject of the research was electronic government, an action research methodology was employed, using electronic research instruments to deliver surveys, provide survey results and to house research models and background. The researcher is a practitioner within the field, so the instruments were designed to cross-fertilize the academic and practitioner thinking on the subject. It is expected that the research tool, in the form of the weblog, will continue (in the longer term) to assist professionals in debating the use of metrics. Ongoing research will continue to stretch across the academic and practitioner boundaries. This research makes original contributions to knowledge by revealing the most appropriate mechanism for the management and use of e-government, amongst other mechanisms for service delivery in the public sector, especially considering smaller authorities.
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    Measuring up to e-government, a view from the shelves.
    (Tipografia Commerciale, 2008) Phythian, Michael James; Fairweather, N. Ben, 1966-; Howley, Richard G.
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    The social side of theory: A community-based narrative of research and theory.
    (Informing Science Institute, 2008) Stahl, Bernd Carsten, 1968-; Al-Amri, Jehad; Almullah, Suad; Dawood, Muneeb; Fidler, Christine; Halaweh, Mohanad; Ibekwe, Osita; Kanaan, Raed Kareem; Phythian, Michael James; Al-Shery, Abdullah; Swesi, Khaled; Tangai, Sarai