Using Wikis in Government
- Report: Using Wikis in Government: A Guide for Public Managers. IBM Center for The Business of Government, 2011
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Description
"This paper by the IBM Center for The Business of Government looks at “the managerial, cultural, behavioral, and technological issues that public managers face in starting and maintaining Wikis.”
From the summary:
"Public leaders face the challenge of finding ways to bridge silos in their organizations. In this report, Dr. Mergel examines one tool that can help them do this—Wikis. Many of us are familiar with Wikipedia, which relies on thousands of active contributors who share their knowledge freely on a dazzling breadth of topics, with an accuracy rate rivaling that of traditional encyclopedias.
So how can government leaders spark similar outpourings of valuable knowledge – either among their employees or from the public? Dr. Mergel describes the managerial, cultural, behavioral, and technological issues that public managers face in starting and maintaining Wikis. She provides nine case studies of government organizations that launched Wikis. Each of the nine public sector organizations studied found Wikis to be valuable additions to their current workplace tools in reaching out to both employees and citizens."
(http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/using-wikis-government-guide-public-managers)