1. International University of Japan
Introduction
Hun Myoung Park, Ph.D.,
Public Management and Policy Analysis Program
Graduate School of International Relations
International University of Japan

2. 2
Components of IS 1
Technological components: hardware, software, and telecommunication
Organizational components: data/information, people, rules/procedures
An information system is not simply a set of computer hardware (physical equipment) and software
Telecommunications (Network): connectivity

3. 3
Components of IS 2
Data and information (database) are essential since an information system is all about data and information.
People operate and use the systems
Procedures/rules to use systems and perform tasks. Formal and informal

4. 4
Major Trends in IS 2
Digital convergence means technological merger of several industries through various devices that exchange information in the digital format used in computers.
“The same information may be exchanged among many kinds of equipment, using the language of computers” (Hutchinson & Sawyer: 2000:1.24)

5. Why Publicness? Environmental factors Legal constraints5
Why Publicness?
Environmental factors
Legal constraints
Political influence
Scrutiny
Complexity of objectives (ambiguous goals)
Fewer incentives for performance
All these make difference

6. Public Information Systems6
Public Information Systems
More emphasis on openness, accountability, representativeness, equity
More limited by environments (politics)
External & vertical linkages
Support a variety of people without discrimination (no digital inequality)
Incremental approach (Bozeman and Bretschneider, 1986)

7. References
Stair and Reynolds Principles of information systems, 12th ed. Cengage Learning.
Morley and Parker Understanding computers, 15th ed. Cengage Learning.
Hutchinson and Sawyer Computers, Communications, and Information, 7th ed. Irwin/McGraw-Hill