How Societies Embrace Information Technology: Lessons for Management and the Rest of Us: Lessons for Management and the Rest of Us - Couverture souple

Cortada, James W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470534982 ISBN 13 : 9780470534984

Editeur : Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Cortada James W

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

A truly global look at IT deployment and use

No technology in our history has spread as fast as computers and their digital technologies. In How Societies Embrace Information Technology, leading IT authority James Cortada examines how this phenomenon is shaping contemporary society, focusing on the role of corporations and governments. By revealing what history teaches about the adoption of information technologies, Cortada prepares business and government leaders to spot new trends and successfully develop strategies for implementing and managing emerging technologies. Coverage includes:

• Summaries of the new best practices based on sixty years of historical experience, all research–based

• How technology spread so quickly and completely across the globe

• A look at the decision–making process of managers in the private and public sectors

• How governments leverage IT to improve their national economies

• An examination of the "Information Age" and whether it actually exists

• The most current developments in IT

This authoritative reference is ideal for government policymakers and for private–sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology. It is also aimed at academics concerned with the sociology, history, economics, and the effects of IT on contemporary society, as well as business schools and engineering and IT professionals serving in management roles or interested in the managerial/user history of IT.

The author′s royalties on sales of this book will be donated to the IEEE Computer Society′s Educational Activities Board.

Revue de presse

"The book also presents ideas for educators. For instance, to encourage IT people to be naturally proactive, courses should leverage the creation and production of IT projects with solving society′s problems. With some effort, this can be done in computers and society courses, at both the general and professional education level. At the professional level, IT workers with such experience and training will more likely choose to work on problem areas. At the general level, people with such experience will act politically, to vocalize the expectation that the IT industry will create products that help society." ( Computing Reviews, September 2010)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470534982
• ISBN 13: 9780470534984
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 288