Enhancing the e-Governance model: Enterprise Architecture as a potential methodology to build a holistic framework

摘要

The State has substantially evolved over the past decades. Global phenomena, such as globalization, liberalization and cultural changes, challenge the State to face pertinent changes. More than ever, technology influences and will influence public participation and political mobilization in the future. Our paper is structured into four sections. In the first section, the paper describes our approach towards e-Govemance in the framework of State transformation. The second section will point out current definitions and conceptualizations of enterprise architecture (EA) and related frameworks. The explorative third part will on the one hand highlight the potential, EA offers for e-Governance, and on the other hand it will critically examine the approach of putting EA into service for e-Governance. Part four is composed of a complementary perspective to the input of EA. Our paper is thus a contribution to a better understanding of how e-Govemance is not only part of, but moreover actively shapes the transformatin of the State, government, and public administration. The purpose of this paper is to enhance e-Governance theory towards a general implementation methodology.