Transformation of the Functions of the State under the Open Data Policy Impact: the Case of Ukraine

Abstract

The article presents an understanding of the transformation of the state functions under the impact of the open data policy. An attempt to identify the ways and intermediate results of the transformation process in the information society has been made. The Open Data Policy developed during the formation and development of Industry 4.0 reflects the shift in management theory and practice from the technologies using predominantly exhausted and non-renewable resources to the human resources and information and communication technologies (ICT). Since Industry 4.0 covers the economic sector, the hypothesis is formed that the economic function of the state is subjected to transformation in the first place (hypothesis 1). However, the author makes another assumption that open data policy in the economics and public administration do not limit but rather stimulate the transformation throughout the system of the functions of the state (hypothesis 2). The state is shown as a political institute and an actor capable of changing its parameters both under the impact of the external and internal factors and by the innovative methods that affect its functional and organizational structures. The results of the research was obtained through the methods of qualitative document analysis, statistical analysis, evidence based analysis and expert surveys. It has been proved that the needs of the state in solving the problem with filling the state budget stimulate the use of new methods and policies primarily in the economic sphere, and the economic function is a driver of the inclusion in the transformation process of other functions of the state.