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The Internet, Organisational Change and Community Engagement: The Case of Birmingham City Council

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This article examines the extent to which the implementation of Internet technology by Birmingham City Council (BCC) is facilitating new forms of engagement with the communities it serves. The case study presented reveals BCC to be an organisation in complex, conflict‐ridden transition. Networked uses of Internet technologies have resulted in shifts being made towards a new form of ‘citizen‐facing’ organisation. However older, more traditional forms of hierarchical command and control persist. These are being sustained, in part, by adaptive uses of the same technologies that facilitate networking. Ultimately, this situation limits the extent to which new forms of community engagement have been achieved.

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By Ian Goodwin

This article examines the extent to which the implementation of Internet technology by Birmingham City Council (BCC) is facilitating new forms of engagement with the communities it serves. The case study presented reveals BCC to be an organisation in complex, conflict‐ridden transition. Networked uses of Internet technologies have resulted in shifts being made towards a new form of ‘citizen‐facing’ organisation. However older, more traditional forms of hierarchical command and control persist. These are being sustained, in part, by adaptive uses of the same technologies that facilitate networking. Ultimately, this situation limits the extent to which new forms of community engagement have been achieved.

page: 367 – 384
Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation
Volume 23, Issue 4

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