International Journal of Public Information Systems
Vol. 2009:2, pp. 135-146

The Rhetoric of eGovernment Management and the Reality of eGovernment Work - The Swedish Action plan for eGovernment Considered

Author: Katarina Giritli Nygren

Keywords: Swedish eGovernment Action plan, workplace digitalisation, government management

Abstract
In this article two different analytical aspects of organisational life, the rhetoric of management and the reality of work are used as a context for discussing some implications of the Swedish action plan for eGovernment. Through the lens of these dimensions it becomes obvious that the invisible values within the Swedish action plan for eGovernment are embedded in the rhetoric of management and visible in the reality of work.

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