Agile government: Systematic literature review and future research

Mergel, Ines; Gong, Yiwei; Bertot, John Carlo

doi:10.1016/j.giq.2018.04.003

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“…One is the traditional mode focused on efficiency, while the other is focused on innovation. This setup increases the need for an influx of ideas regarding adaptive governance (Janssen & Van der Voort, 2016), agility (Mergel, 2016;Mergel et al, 2018) and organisational ambidexterity (March, 1991).…”

Section: Theoretical Framingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The argument behind this assumption is that with increased rates of change in the government's environment, stable structures, and economies of scale will be insufficient to secure future relevance and legitimacy. Hence, agility (Mergel, 2016;Mergel et al, 2018) and adaptability (Janssen & Van der Voort, 2016) become new core capabilities for public sector organisations meeting constant pressures to change. At the same time, there is a reported lack of research examining how digital innovation is governed (Cram et al, 2016;Nambisan et al, 2017;Svahn et al, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

Magnusson

Koutsikouri

Päivärinta

2020

European Journal of Information Systems

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The current push towards increased innovation within the public sector calls for new approaches to IT Governance. However, recent findings highlight the aim to avoid trade-offs between innovation and efficiency through organisational ambidexterity. This paper reports a case study of ambidextrous IT Governance in two large government agencies. According to the findings, ambidextrous IT Governance is enacted through two separate but interrelated mechanisms that emerge simultaneously. In terms of exploitation, the "efficiency creep" mechanism creates a bias for efficiencyrather than innovation-oriented investments. In terms of exploration, the "shadow innovation" mechanism involves unsanctioned innovation activities. These two mechanisms interplay, in the enactment of ambidextrous IT Governance. The contribution of this study lies in theorising about how ambidextrous IT Governance is enacted in public sector organisations, and how efficiency creep and shadow innovation influence each other. This contribution aids future research and practice on public sector innovation and IT Governance.

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Section: Theoretical Framingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

Magnusson

Koutsikouri

Päivärinta

2020

European Journal of Information Systems

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“…Agile innovation management describes a set of project management and software development processes, adjusted procurement procedures combined with HR policies and organizational and managerial approaches in a way to support innovative digital service delivery in government. Innovation in government software development happens using an agile software development approach adopted from the private sector [30]. The firm's structure affects the firm's conduct, hence influencing its performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mergel et al [30] found that agile software development approaches involve creating, testing, and improving technology products incrementally in short, iterative sprints. The goal is to increase response to changes or mistakes discovered in the development processes.…”

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Application of Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (ANP) and VIKOR for the Assessment of Green Agility Critical Success Factors in Dairy Companies

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Manufacturing companies are facing rapid and unanticipated changes in their business environment. Most of these companies need to find new strategies to remain competitive in the market. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to integrate the Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (ANP) and VIKOR methods to evaluate the green agile factors and sub-factors in the dairy companies in Iran. To find the green agile factors and sub-factors, this study used the expert’s opinions and literature review. Data is collected from four dairy companies. The results of this study showed that the most important green agility factors are: trust-based relationship with suppliers, flexible production capacity, versatile workers, compliance with quality standards for a new product, and workers’ willingness to learn. In addition, the results indicated that the green agility organization is one of the strategies that help companies to stay in the market. To validate the results, this study used four methods, including TOPSIS, ARAS, EDAS, and MABAC. The necessity of a reaction to the increasing customer choices, environmental concerns, and competitiveness among manufacturers across the globe has engaged the industry to embrace innovative manufacturing strategies.

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“…In this paper, we present a framework to provide insight into the relationship between blockchain design choices and governance for B&G information sharing. This insight can enable adaptive government and contribute to an agile government [13,14].…”

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confidence: 97%

Aligning Stakeholder Interests, Governance Requirements and Blockchain Design in Business and Government Information Sharing

Engelenburg

Rukanova

Hofman

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Agile government: Systematic literature review and future research

Cited by 130 publications

References 23 publications

Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

Application of Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (ANP) and VIKOR for the Assessment of Green Agility Critical Success Factors in Dairy Companies

Aligning Stakeholder Interests, Governance Requirements and Blockchain Design in Business and Government Information Sharing

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