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Handbook of Information Management » Read Now
by Alison Scammell. 546 pgs.

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Information Management: The Organizational Dimension » Read Now
by Michael J. Earl. 518 pgs.

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This volume is a sequel to Information Management: The Strategic Dimension (OUP 1988), a book which was well received by managers and academics alike. In the last decade, the pervasiveness of information technology (IT) has brought about far-reaching changes in how many managers and specialists work...
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This volume is a sequel to Information Management: The Strategic Dimension (OUP 1988), a book which was well received by managers and academics alike. In the last decade, the pervasiveness of information technology (IT) has brought about far-reaching changes in how many managers and specialists work and, indeed, in how we conceptualize the organization. The correspondence between new organizational terminology and the language of IT demonstrates this -- networked, virtual and knowledge-based organizations, inter-organizational alliances, distributed organizations and groupware all being examples. For some, IT represents a solution to many organizational and operational problems (including the advocates of Business Process Re-engineering) and the most likely way to improve business performance and gain competitive advantage. At the same time, for many managers and organizations the reality is that the risks, costs, false trails and difficulties seem to outweigh any immediate tangible advantage. The purpose of this book is to take an informed, dispassionate and constructive look at the challenges of IT and to offer insight, analysis and guidance on the ever changing IT environment, focusing in particular on managerial and organizational issues. These include centralization versus decentralization, relations between users and specialists, managing the IS function, outsourcing versus internal capabilities, project management and systems implementation, and an assessment of Business Process Re-engineering at both the conceptual and empirical level. Section 1 looks at some of the organizational horizons made possible by information technology; the next section tackles some of the challenges that face organizations who want to exploit IT in innovative and strategic ways. Section 3 examines some of the eternal questions of how to organize the IS function. In Section Four the contributors look at various aspects of project management and systems implementation. The next section examines some contemporary management questions on the agendas of Chief Information officers and their IS departments. Michael Earl's postscript integrates the volume through the framework of 'organizational fit'. The book provides an authoritative overview and helpful diagnostics of current information management challenges by some of the leading information systems researchers in Europe and the USA. The volume will be essential reading for management students, consultants, and senior IT professionals. Hardback Sales Details Published: 28.03.96 First year sales: Total: 650, UK: 264, USA: 177, EUR: 76, JAP/Branch: 88, Other: 45 Life sales: 894
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Information Management: The Strategic Dimension » Read Now
by Michael Earl. 298 pgs.

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These essays, by leading academics and businesspersons from around the world, describe the current state of the art in information technology, a resource with increasingly important implications for managers and management students. Drawing on case studies from Ford, ICI, Volvo, and the U.K. Inland...
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These essays, by leading academics and businesspersons from around the world, describe the current state of the art in information technology, a resource with increasingly important implications for managers and management students. Drawing on case studies from Ford, ICI, Volvo, and the U.K. Inland Revenue, the contributors discuss the place of technology in corporate strategy, its use in gaining competitive advantage, the formulation of information systems strategies, competitive dynamics in the use of value added networks, end-user computing, leadership in information management, and the development of information technology human resources.
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Managing Information and Knowledge in the Public Sector » Read Now
by Eileen M. Milner. 192 pgs.

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...Introducing the concepts of information and knowledge this work explores a variety of tools/techniques which may be adopted in actively managing and developing these...
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Information Ecology: Mastering the Information and Knowledge Environment » Read Now
by Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak. 255 pgs.

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...According to virtually every business writer, we are in the midst of a new "information age," one that will revolutionize how workers work, how companies compete, perhaps...
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Rethinking Management Information Systems: An Interdisciplinary Perspective » Read Now
by Wendy Currie, Bob Galliers. 510 pgs.

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This book examines influential ideas within Management Information Systems (MIS). Leading international contributors summarize key topics and explore a variety of issues currently being discussed in the field. They re-visit influential ideas such as socio-technical theory, systems thinking, and...
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This book examines influential ideas within Management Information Systems (MIS). Leading international contributors summarize key topics and explore a variety of issues currently being discussed in the field. They re-visit influential ideas such as socio-technical theory, systems thinking, and structuration theory and demonstrate their relevance to newer ideas such as re-engineering, hybrid management, knowledge workers, and outsourcing. In locating MIS within an interdisciplinary context, particularly in the light of rapid technological changes, this book will form the link between past and future approaches to MIS.
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Information Technology and Organizations: Strategies, Networks, and Integration » Read Now
by Brian P. Bloomfield, Rod Coombs, David Knights, Dale Littler. 193 pgs.

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...This book explores the ways in which organizations design, build, and use information technology systems. In particular it looks at the interactions between these...
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Information Seeking: An Organizational Dilemma » Read Now
by J. David Johnson. 184 pgs.

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...How do people in organizations get the information they need to do their work, and what are the effects of their research - positive and negative - on their organizations?...
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Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development » Read Now
by Robin Mansell, Uta Wehn. 328 pgs.

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...Revolutionary information and communication technologies are contributing to dramatic changes in the competitiveness of global and local markets and in the way people...
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Knowledge Unplugged: The McKinsey & Company Global Survey on Knowledge Management » Read Now
by Alexandra Bendler, Jens Elzenheimer, Susanne Hauschild, Uwe Heckert, Jurgen Kluge, Jan Kronig, Thomas Licht, Wolfram Stein, Andre Stoffels. 214 pgs.

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...Knowledge Unplugged announces the results of a major survey of knowledge management practice within the most influential companies in the world, by the most influential...
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Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction with Guidelines for Nonspecialists » Read Now
by Kevin C. Desouza. 262 pgs.

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...In clear, readable language, consultant and researcher Kevin Desouza accomplishes an unlikely feat: explaining artificial intelligence to nonspecialists in a way that...
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Knowledge Management Systems for Business » Read Now
by Robert J. Thierauf. 361 pgs.

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...Until now, business systems have focused on selected data within a certain context to produce information. A better approach, says Thierauf, is to take information...