Agility as a buzzword is currently on everyone's lips. For some years now, this concept has also been applied in public administration in many different contexts, offering opportunities and challenges for collaboration within the administration as well as for public service delivery. We explore how agility can be successfully implemented in public administration and what is needed to transfer it into public administration routines.
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OPAS
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Benefits and Risks of Agile Methods in Public Administration
Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel
Professor Dr. Ines Mergel is full Professor of Public Administration - Digital Governance at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz and Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (Class of 2018).
After working at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Doctoral Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2008), Professor Mergel worked at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Syracuse University, NY) first as an Assistant Professor (2008-2014) and then as an Associate Professor with tenure (2014-2016).
Professor Mergel is a member of the editorial boards of Government Information Quarterly, Public Management Review, Information Polity, Australian Journal of Public Administration, and Digital Government: Research and Practice.
Professor Mergel is a founding member of the international initiative "Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age", which aims to integrate digital literacy into the teaching and training of administrative staff.