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free trade; training in schools and skill workers; creativity; partnerships in government
business; government maintaining stability and be transparent; network securely in
place information encryptions using digital signatures is enable by regulations. Five
main areas are measured in the report; connectivity, e-Leadership, securing information,
Human capital, and the climate of e-Business. Using a scale of one to three („blue‟,
„amber‟, „red‟) by the five categories countries were assess and rated. An extensive
analysis was made and recommendation given based on this ratings. (Bridge.org, 2005,
2008).
A tool has been developed by Gartner to measure e-Readiness in Australia which can be
adopted by other countries to measure the level of compliance (Harris & Roberts, 2006,
as cited in du Preez (2009)). For instance the tool can be used to consider the level of
development within a country. The tool can be useful in developing countries if it suits
the countries limitations and requirements. By considering this, du Preez (2009) also
pointed out that Gartner have also developed a balanced scorecard that was used in a
study to measure e-Readiness in Bulgaria.
These tools that are used to assess e-Readiness are different and can be grouped by their
main goal or aim and the area of application. E-Readiness assessment tools can be
applied in three areas of a particular aim: “those assessing purely the ICTs
infrastructure, those assessing e-Readiness of particular sectors of society and those
assessing the society as a whole” (Shareef, Ojo, & Janowski, 2008). For the purpose of
illustration Table 3:3 present a summary and representation of a few of these tools
showing the domains, the aims of assessment as well as the indicators.
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