Christoph Behrens, Christoph
Director of the Center for Good Governance of Yogyakarta

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Success Factors for an E-Government Strategy: Austrian Experiences, Indonesian Challenges BEHRENS, CHRISTOPH
Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan Vol 3, No 1 (2012): February 2012
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

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Focus of this paper are success factors for the implementation of an E-Government strategy. Whileconcepts for a sophisticated strategy process in Public Sector are delivered on a regular basis, the gapbetween ambitious planning and its implementation seems to get wider. Authors seek to define whatmakes a “good strategy” in order to enhance management capacity. Meanwhile some scholars fromPolitical Science see limitation of Governments on announcements which are not followed up bysufficient action rather as systematic problems, challenging concept and rules of liberal westerndemocracy, or owed to growing complexity of Governance under the conditions of globalization. Incontext of the introduction of New Public Management and its perception of citizens as customers andon the basis of new available technical options in Information Society, a key Governance reform projectin European and other Countries over the last fifteen years has been the introduction of E-Government.European market leader in this field is Austria. The author reviews concept and implementationexperiences of the Austrian E-Government strategy, analyzes key success factors and opens adiscussion, under which conditions a successful implementation of E-Government can take place inIndonesia.
Educational Governance Today BEHRENS, CHRISTOPH
Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan Vol 5, No 2 (2014): August 2014
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In the communication and knowledge based globalvillage, under the conditions of dynamic Change inan economy driven world, education has become acomplex and challenging endeavor, both for individualsand organizations. Learning has changeddramatically: knowledge and skills are quickly outdatedand devaluated, giving education a new meaningwithin an individual biography; schools, universitiesand other providers of education go throughorganizational revolutions, who are challenging theirself-concept and management; governments areunder pressure to reshape Educational Governanceaccording to new paradigms with the overall goalto sustain national or regional competitiveness. Arekey actors in the education system ready to face thesechallenges and to modernize their organizations?Starting from an overview on the Complexity of Learningin modern societies, generalizable consequencesare reviewed in a case study on Germany. It leads toa framework for a necessary research project incountries such as Indonesia, which are still aheadof educational reform. The focus is on the organizationalmeso and macro level that is playing the keyrole in Educational Governance.Keywords: Change Management, DemographicChange, Educational Governance, Globalization
Performance based Remuneration For Civil Sevants BEHRENS, CHRISTOPH; PARAMITHA, PRADNYA
Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan Vol 2, No 1 (2011): February 2011
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Within the ongoing discussion about the Governance system in Indonesia and a reform of its PublicAdministration according to principles of Good Governance, a new remuneration system for civilservants is regarded a strategic key issue. The article outlines dimensions of the issue and gives aninsight on discourse and current reform approaches. An outlook on necessary steps ahead stresses, thatAdministrative Reform is not a topic for the