[LINK] New ICT Framework for Federal Agencies

[Tony Barry]

At 9:44 AM +1000 on 18/10/02, Tom Worthington wrote:


>  A few years later IT was recentralised, again to improve 
>accountability and efficiency. Perhaps the cycle is linked to the 
>length of time a senior executive stays in a position or to how long 
>it takes a project to fail? Each time IT projects start to go wrong, 
>the bureaucracy can say: "we have a great new idea, we can fix the 
>problems with those old projects by [de]centralising".

Works similarly in libraries also but here there is a triple cycle 
for large library systems; organisation by -

	Function eg cataloguing, serials, reader service, collection 
development

	Geography eg based on buildings where the collections are located

	Reader focus by subject

In any organisation there is always the cry "if only we were 
organised by [insert organising principle] these stuff-ups wouldn't 
happen and we would be more efficient".

Tony
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