Michael Koddebusch

University of Münster | WWU · Department of Information Systems

Digital Government Competences are vital for digital transformation in public administration. However, research has mostly focused on the acquisition of new competences, neglecting prevailing ones that contradict transformation efforts. We address this shortcoming by adopting an unlearning perspective, which depicts the process of discarding obsol...

Purpose: One impediment of e-government implementation is the lack of e-(government) competences among public officials, especially because foundational education programs fail to teach them. Therefore, this study suggests massive open online course (MOOC)-based continuous education. It aims to design and evaluate a MOOC and MOOC platform for acqui...

To meet the rising demand for e-government, the so-called e-competences are a crucial building block, enabling public officials to push digitalization efforts forward. One exemplary, highly relevant competence is BPM. It is yet unclear to which degree such competences are already available and which adjustments to the educational settings have to b...

Given the public officials' importance in public sector digitalization, e-government-competence education must be designed in accordance with their individual needs. Only by fostering e-government-competences, or short, e-competences, can they actively participate in the transformative process. Although the importance of e-competences is evident, t...

Being involved in all facets of the digital transformation of the public sector, public officials play a pivotal role in successfully pursuing the transformative process. Hence, they must be equipped with the means to actively partake in creating a digitalized public sector, making the acquisition of e-government-competences indispensable. However,...

The digital transformation of the public sector needs laws that are designed to foster digitization. Scholars have long investigated different aspects of the legislative process and how to enhance it with regard to digital meaningfulness. However, to date, there is scarce research to expand these efforts beyond the legislator and consider public au...

The continuously growing speed of the digital transformation also impacts governments and public administrations worldwide. To keep up with this development, public officials are required to obtain and improve so-called e-competences. In order to determine developments in the perceived relevance of those competences over the past five years, we hav...