Info.Systems, Public Sector and Devel. Countries: Conference

Dr Richard Heeks acc. 2 (mailto:mzdid10@FS1.EC.MAN.AC.UK)
Mon, 12 May 1997 12:47:56 BST 

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Date:         Mon, 12 May 1997 12:47:56 BST
From: "Dr Richard Heeks acc. 2" <mailto:mzdid10@FS1.EC.MAN.AC.UK>
Subject:      Info.Systems, Public Sector and Devel. Countries: Conference
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
with an emphasis on developing and transitional economies


Conference Stream
within the forthcoming international conference on
Public Sector Management For The Next Century
University of Manchester, UK
29 June-2 July 1997


Keynote presentation:
Information Technology-Enabled Public Sector Reforms
Prof. S.C. Bhatnagar (Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad)


Accepted presentations:
Information Management in a Healthcare Setting
J. Ballantine (Warwick Business School) & N. Cunningham
(Craigavon Area Hospital Trust)


Information Access for All in South Africa
P. Benjamin (Universal Service Agency, South Africa)


An Innovative Approach to Information Technology Planning
O.S. Bishop (University of the West Indies)


Civil Service Reform and the Automation of Personnel
Information
P. Cain (International Records Management Trust)


Information Systems Lessons from the NHS Resource
Management Initiative
P. Checkland (University of Lancaster) & V. Peel (University
of Manchester)


Information Infrastructures in Developing Countries
C.A. Davies (Queen's University, Belfast)


Obstacles to the Introduction of IT in the Peruvian Ministry of
Health
A. Hidalgo (National University of Trujillo)


Re-engineering Information Technology to Re-engineer
Government
M. Kahn (Gauteng Provincial Government, South Africa)


Information Technology's Impact on Quality of Democracy
A. Kakabadse & N. Kakabadse (Cranfield School of
Management)


Information Systems Training Needs for the Public Sector in
Malawi
C. Kanjo (University of Malawi), P. Mtema (University of
Malawi) & D. Mundy (University of Manchester)


Accountability and the Public Record
A. Thurston (International Records Management Trust)


Plus other presentations and tabled papers.


Presentations in the IS stream will take place on the afternoon
of Monday June 30th and all day Tuesday July 1st.


Other conference highlights:
*OPENING BY NEW UK MINISTER FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


*LAUNCH OF WORLD BANK'S WORLD
DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1997: 'The State in a Changing
World'


*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
---MAMADOU DIA: Africa's Management in the 1990s
---DENNIS RONDINELLI: Privatisation, Governance and
Public Management
---MOSES KIGGUNDU: Civil Service Reforms
---MAUREEN MACKINTOSH: Public Management for
Social Inclusion
---ROBERT CHAMBERS: Challenging the Professions: The
New Public Servant and Development
---GEOFFREY LAMB: Governance and Public Sector
Management
---DAVID MARSH: Policy Transfer: a Framework for
Comparative Analysis
---DEREK LEWIS: No, Minister: an Inside View of Executive
Agencies


To register for the conference, please contact: Debra
Whitehead, PSM Conference Secretary, Institute for
Development Policy and Management, University of
Manchester, Precinct Centre, Manchester, M13 9GH, UK
Tel: 0161-275-2800      Fax: 0161-273-8829      Email:
mailto:debra.whitehead@man.ac.uk


Other enquiries may be directed to the IS Stream organiser: Dr
Richard Heeks, IDPM, University of Manchester, Precinct
Centre, Manchester, M13 9GH.  Tel: 0161-275-2870.  Fax:
0161-273-8829.  Email: mailto:richard.heeks@man.ac.uk