This publication lays stress on the practices of government information systems and intends to provide a constructive guide to government decision makers and information systems managers of developing countries to assist them in putting the establishment of government information systems on a right track and in effectively using their scarce resources of computer and communications.
Part 1. Managerial issues -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Government Policy for IT Use in the Public Sector -- Chapter 3. IT Management Issues in the Public Sector -- Chapter 4. Critical Success Factors -- Part 2. Information technology awareness -- hapter 5. Developments in Computer Technology -- Chapter 6. Developments in Software Technology for Microcomputers -- Chapter 7. Network Computing -- Part 3. Methodologies of systems development -- Chapter 8. Reengineering and Business Process Redesign -- Chapter 9. Methodology of Structured Information Systems Development -- Part 4. Information resource management -- Chapter 10. Information Resource Management -- Chapter 11. Introduction to the Internet.

vii, 189 p.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 188-189).