Time for Government HR Offices to be disrupted and transformed
With the exponential changes driving digital government transformation, public sector executives are increasingly expecting their HR departments to adapt and embrace digital solutions to tackle workforce-management challenges. The augmentation of work and processes call for government agencies to rethink their overall human resource strategy. For example, with the use of advanced digital technologies such as algorithms intelligence and vast amounts of data, the diffusion of eGovernment requires government employees with digital technical skills and capacity to exploit the potentials of big data in delivering public services. It is not only the technical understanding requirement, but also a broad understanding of information management and the information society. However, many authors agree that the lack of skilled workforce in public administration is prevalent. The need for enhanced data management skills is even more pertinent given the evidence that preliminary data entered by hu...