Why Should Municipalities Use Management Information Systems in Their Decision-Making Processes?

Abstract

In recent years, rapid developing information and communication technology has been changing swiftly our insight of management perspective in our country and the World. Generally, dynamic and visionary private sector enterprises could easily adapt to these changes. From the point of information systems view, local governments just like the private sector which produce services. Local governments provide services to people living within the boundaries, but they never think or act as profit-oriented private sector. In new economy, cities are becoming more interconnected economically, culturally, and infrastructural through the parallel development of global telecommunication and transportation networks. Firstly, it has been investigated what factors affect the adoption of information technologies in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. A survey was developed to measure the factors affecting the use of information technology in municipalities. The survey questions were prepared according to the effects of the above organizational factors. Also it was conducted with the managers of the branch manager level in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Finally, the results of the study were discussed and give a contribution to the literature.