TY - GEN
T1 - The institutionalisation of political and corporate governance of information and communication technology in the public service of South Africa
AU - Vander Walt, Tersia
AU - Von Solms, Sebastian H.
AU - Coetsee, De Wit A.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper reflects the effort of the South African Government to improve service delivery through the implementation of corporate governance of Information and Communication Technology (CGICT), driven from the highest political leadership namely the President, through the implementation of a Management Performance Assessment System (MPAS) in the Office of the President and where the Executive Authorities (Ministers) are accountable to Cabinet on the performance of departments. It further deliberated on how the MPAS is utilised to elevate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the same level than the other essential resources of government such as Human Resources and Finance and to raise the maturity of the implementation of CGICT in the Public Service. It will reflect on the improvement in the implementation of CGICT since 2012 by putting in place various mechanisms such as policies and assessment standards and through monitoring and evaluation.
AB - This paper reflects the effort of the South African Government to improve service delivery through the implementation of corporate governance of Information and Communication Technology (CGICT), driven from the highest political leadership namely the President, through the implementation of a Management Performance Assessment System (MPAS) in the Office of the President and where the Executive Authorities (Ministers) are accountable to Cabinet on the performance of departments. It further deliberated on how the MPAS is utilised to elevate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the same level than the other essential resources of government such as Human Resources and Finance and to raise the maturity of the implementation of CGICT in the Public Service. It will reflect on the improvement in the implementation of CGICT since 2012 by putting in place various mechanisms such as policies and assessment standards and through monitoring and evaluation.
KW - Accountability
KW - Corporate Governance of ICT
KW - Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
KW - Key Words: Corporate Governance
KW - Management Performance Assessment
KW - Monitoring and Evaluation
KW - Performance measurement
KW - Political Leadership
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906753004&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880596
DO - 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880596
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84906753004
SN - 9781905824441
T3 - 2014 IST-Africa Conference and Exhibition, IST-Africa 2014
BT - 2014 IST-Africa Conference and Exhibition, IST-Africa 2014
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2014 IST-Africa Conference and Exhibition, IST-Africa 2014
Y2 - 6 May 2014 through 9 May 2014
ER -
