SEMESTER SPRING 2015

Special Topic

SPT730

Assignment # 1

Due Date: 01, June 2015

Learning Objectives:

The objective of this task is to improve students grip on the Literature Review, develop Hypothesis and Theoretical Framework

Learning Outcomes:

Students will refine their literature review by practicing this activity.

Question # 1:

Electronic (e) Government is the use of internet as a tool to achieve better

government. Thus government organizations are adopting eGovernment to enhance

the effectiveness and efficiency of public service. In the last ten years the

eGovernment has become one of the most important issues in management of

technology studies. Presently most governments have discussed the need to reform

and modernize their government organizations and promote electronic services.

Therefore, government aims to utilize new and emerging technologies in order to

increase its productivity to achieve high levels of performance and

customer/citizen satisfaction.

In the first step, you are required to explore:

1. From the literature, identify a set of current best practices for staff recruitment and retention in the private sector. Which, if any, of these could

be applied specifically to IT staff in the public sector?

2. Previous literature review on eGovernment initiatives. Can eGovernment projects really work?

3. Identify a recent or current eGovernment project in the context of Pakistan. Who are/were the key project stakeholders? What are/were their personal

objectives and values?

4. Support your argument from existing theories on eGovernment.

5. Literature review must contain 20-25 citations.

6. Referencing should be done in APA style.

In the second step of Research paper, you are supposed to:

Identify your Independent, Dependant, Moderating & Meditating (if any) variables.

Hypothesis is a proposed explanation for the phenomenon. Researcher tests the hypothesis on the bases of previous observations. Develop Hypothesis by giving proper support from the literature.

Develop Theoretical frame work on the bases of previous literature.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

1. Guidelines to Review Article, and PPts are already uploaded in download

section. To write a summary in proper way you are advised to go through the

above mentioned material.

24 hours extra / grace period after the due date are usually available to overcome

the uploading difficulties. This extra time should only be used to meet the

emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to

avoid any inconvenience.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS/ SOLUTION GUIDELINES/ SPECIAL

INSTRUCTIONS

BE PRECISE AND PROVIDE LOGICAL REASONING.

AVOID COPING FROM ANY OTHER SOURCES AS IT WILL BE MARKED AS ZERO (0).

OTHER IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:

DEADLINE:

Make sure to upload the solution file before the due date on VULMS.

Any submission made via email after the due date will not be accepted.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES:

Use the font style Times New Roman or Arial and font size 12.

It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word format.

Use black font colors only.

RULES FOR MARKING

Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0), if:

It is submitted after the due date.

The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt.

It is in any format other than MS-Word; e.g. PowerPoint, PDF etc.

It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books etc.

Note related to load shedding: Please be proactive

Dear students!

As you know that Pre Mid-Term semester activities have started and

load shedding problem is also prevailing in our country. Keeping in view

the fact, you all are advised to post your activities as early as possible

without waiting for the due date