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Organizacja publiczna w społeczeństwie informacyjnym – wybrane aspekty
Public organization in information society – chosen aspects

Author(s): Natalia Mańkowska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: public organisation; new public management; information society; e-government

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the discussion of this publication are matters concerning public organizations operating in a relatively new type of society which is the information society. The main objective is to identify the characteristics of public organizations in the information society in relation to the subdiscipline of new public management. According to the organizations indicated the concept of this type should pursue their activities in accordance with the three ideas which have their source in the new institutional economics: the theory of transaction costs, public choice theory and the theory of stakeholders. Strategies associated with the development of information society in the countries, especially in the field of eGovernment, may favor the development of public organizations. Their main goal is to transform today’s public institutions that are caused by the implementation of modern information and communication technologies.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 366
  • Page Range: 317-325
  • Page Count: 9