The Connotation and Logical Construction of Government Digital Transformation -- Based on the Analysis of Sociotechnical System Theory

Abstract

With the in-depth application of digital technology in government governance toward integration and in-depth development, government digital transformation has flourished in practice and research, which characterized by digitalization, networking and intelligentization, the digital transformation of government develops vigorously in practice and research. However, the current academic interpretation of the connotation and logic of the government’s digital transformation is mostly from the perspective of empirical research, and lacks analysis of the theoretical logic behind it. Therefore, guided by the theory of sociotechnical system, this paper constructs the theoretical logic of government digital transformation on the basis of putting forward the research framework of general digital transformation, and points out that government digital transformation is the result of the intersection of government operation value and goal and general digital transformation logic, so as to enrich the theoretical connotation of government digital transformation.