Title :
EA As a Tool in Change and Coherency Management - A Case of a Local Government
Author :
Valtonen, Katariina ; Korhonen, Ismo ; Rekonen, Riku ; Leppänen, Mauri
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Abstract :
In order to lead a local government towards its politically set strategic objectives, the vision of the overall status quo, as well as of the desired target state of the complex multi-agent system have to be clear. To encounter the challenges of the change management in merging six former local governments into one, in forming a new NPM related operation model, in planning and leading strategic political objectives, and in order to leverage on the information usability produced in everyday governance practices, a Government Enterprise Architecture (GEA) method has been adopted in the city of Kouvola in Finland. The study is a case study by action research adopting the Finnish GEA method in situ by exploiting Gea grid adaptation model (Geagam). The required adaptation of the GEA grid for the case is described and the adoption analyzed.
Keywords :
grid computing; local government; management of change; multi-agent systems; Gea grid adaptation model; change management; coherency management; complex multiagent system; government enterprise architecture method; local government; new public management related operation model; Adaptation model; Cities and towns; Conference management; Corporate acquisitions; Financial management; Local government; Merging; Multiagent systems; Strategic planning; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences (HICSS), 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5509-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2010.166