Infocracy

Author : Byung-Chul Han
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509552993

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Infocracy by Byung-Chul Han Pdf

The tsunami of information unleashed by digitization is threatening to overwhelm us, drowning us in a sea of frenzied communication and disrupting many spheres of social life, including politics. Election campaigns are now being waged as information wars with bots and troll armies, and democracy is degenerating into infocracy. In this new book, Byung-Chul Han argues that infocracy is the new form of rule characteristic of contemporary information capitalism. Whereas the disciplinary regime of industrial capitalism worked with compulsion and repression, this new information regime exploits freedom instead of repressing it. Surveillance and punishment give way to motivation and optimization: we imagine that we are free, but in reality our entire lives are recorded so that our behaviour might be psychopolitically controlled. Under the neoliberal information regime, mechanisms of power function not because people are aware of the fact of constant surveillance but because they perceive themselves to be free. This trenchant critique of politics in the information age will be of great interest to students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences and to anyone concerned about the fate of politics in our time.

Author : I. Th. M. Snellen,Wim B. H. J. van de Donk
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9051993951

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Public Administration in an Information Age by I. Th. M. Snellen,Wim B. H. J. van de Donk Pdf

This book is a joint effort of researchers who have been involved in research-projects and programmes that have been trying to chart and reflect upon the implications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Administration (Tilburg/Rotterdam, Kassel, Irvine, Nottingham/Glasgow). Since the fifties, computers had largely facilitated and the transformation of the minimal 'Night-Watch-state' into the modern 'Welfare-state', through their contribution to their effectivity, productivity and efficiency. In most Handbooks of Public Administration, computers are seen as neutral instruments and, most of the time, the role of computer technologies in the transformation of public administration is completely neglected. This 'deafening silence' is a great contrast with the way ICT's are actually changing public administration. The faster the developments in a field of study are, the more difficult it is to let the theories, related to that field of study, mature. In such circumstances, most statements will remain provisial and context-dependent. 25 years of research in Irvine (California) and Kassel (Germany) and more than 10 years of research in Tilburg/Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and about seven years of research in Glasgow/Nottingham (the United Kingdom) nonetheless enables the presentation of a modest image of public administration as it is entering the information age. Researchers in each of these groups have, nevertheless, not stopped trying to phrase theories about the implications of informatization for public administration with a more or less larges scope, that are robust in different contexts and over longer periods of time. These results and theories, covering a broad set of elements of the body of knowledge of public administration, are presented in this volume. As the authors try to demonstrate in this book, informatization developments in public administration do not only challenge the existing body of knowledge of the public administration discipline, but they are also opening up new perspectives and paradigms for the study of public administration.

Author : Steven R. Gordon
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1931777527

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Computing Information Technology by Steven R. Gordon Pdf

"From the senior management to the clerical and support group levels, this study addresses the possible pitfalls and triumphs of implementing information technology (IT) into organizations in terms of organizational strategies, structures, and communication methods. Issues of human-computer interaction, ethics, privacy, and security are raised to help facilitate a sociopragmatic and constuctivist understanding of IT culture."

Author : Information Resources Management Association. International Conference
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1930708394

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Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations by Information Resources Management Association. International Conference Pdf

As the field of information technology continues to grow and expand, it impacts more and more organizations worldwide. The leaders within these organizations are challenged on a continuous basis to develop and implement programs that successfully apply information technology applications. This is a collection of unique perspectives on the issues surrounding IT in organizations and the ways in which these issues are addressed. This valuable book is a compilation of the latest research in the area of IT utilization and management.

Author : W. Glenn Rowe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412950176

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Cases in Leadership by W. Glenn Rowe Pdf

Cases in Leadership is a unique collection of 30 real-world leadership cases from Ivey Publishing plus fourteen practitioner readings from the Ivey Business Journal. This casebook helps business students gain a better understanding of leadership and enables them to be more effective leaders through their careers. The selected cases are about complex leadership issues that require the attention of the decision-maker in each case. Key Features Presents real-world cases related to leadership: Cases illustrate the complex nature of leadership in organizations from around the world. Provides an entire chapter on Strategic Leadership: This chapter introduces students to a concise description of leading-edge thinking on Strategic Leadership. Generates classroom discussion: Cases let students grapple with actual decisions that real-world managers have faced. Offers much more than a packet of cases: The author provides summaries of concepts, helpful discussion questions, and readings for each chapter. Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries! Additional instructor material including cases notes, preparation questions, discussion questions, and suggested further readings are available on CD.

Author : Stephen P. Fitzgerald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781841123523

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Organizational Models by Stephen P. Fitzgerald Pdf

Fast track route to mastering organizational models Covers the key areas of organizational models, frombureaucracies and infocracies to chaordic alliances and workerdemocracies Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successfulbusinesses, including ASEA Brown Boveri, Bowstreet, Inc., MondragonCooperative Corporation, Softopia Japan, The Thread, and VR TechnoJapan, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Lynda M.Applegate, Christopher Bartlett and Sumantra Goshal, Dee Hock,James Clawson, Geert Hofstede, Robert Hormats, Henry Mintzberg,Gareth Morgan, Denise M. Rousseau, and Don Tapscott Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensiveresources guide

Author : W. Bartley Hildreth,Gerald Miller,Jack Rabin,Gerald J. Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351564434

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Handbook of Public Administration by W. Bartley Hildreth,Gerald Miller,Jack Rabin,Gerald J. Miller Pdf

Since the publication of the previous edition, the best-selling Handbook of Public Administration enters its third edition with substantially revised, updated, and expanded coverage of public administration history, theory, and practice. Edited by preeminent authorities in the field, this work is unparalleled in its thorough coverage and comprehensive references. This handbook examines the major areas in public administration including public budgeting and financial management, human resourcemanagement, decision making, public law and regulation, and political economy. Providing a strong platform for further research and advancement in the field, this book is a necessity for anyone involved in public administration, policy, and management. This edition includes entirely new chapters on information technology and conduct of inquiry. In each area of public administration, there are two bibliographic treatises written from different perspectives. The first examines the developments in the field. The second analyzes theories, concepts, or ideas in the field’s literature.

Author : Jorrit de Jong,Gowher Rizvi
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815701767

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The State of Access by Jorrit de Jong,Gowher Rizvi Pdf

This book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve. In theory, rules and regulations may formally guarantee access to democratic processes, public services, and justice. But reality routinely disappoints, for a number of reasons—exclusionary policymaking, insufficient attention to minorities, underfunded institutions, inflexible bureaucracies. The State of Access helps close the gap between the potential and performance in democratic governance.

Author : Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 3807 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781591407942

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Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition by Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi Pdf

Comprehensive coverage of critical issues related to information science and technology.

Author : Brian D Loader
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781134755691

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The Governance of Cyberspace by Brian D Loader Pdf

Explores the issues of surveillance, control and privacy in relation to the internet, in light of state concern with security, crime and economic advantage. Considers the possible form and agencies responsible for regulation of the 'net'.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 6097 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean-Luc Lefebvre
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781119413608

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Space Strategy by Jean-Luc Lefebvre Pdf

Strategy is the art of thinking about war before it occurs. Noting that space already plays a role in all of today’s wars, Space Strategy studies how conflicts are extending into this new domain. The book defines extra-atmospheric space and focuses on its varying features and constraints. By exploring the opportunities for action provided by different strategic positions, the book analyzes the most plausible combat scenarios from, against and within space. It explains the concepts of militarization, weaponization and martialization of space and shows how space systems constitute an essential component of information literacy – the key to power in the 21st Century. Space Strategy then demonstrates why our society, having become space-dependent, must take appropriate measures to develop its spatioresilience. Finally, the author summarizes his reflections in the form of a mnemonic listing twelve principles of space strategy. Completed by educational appendices and a glossary containing one thousand entries, Space Strategy meets the needs of students, researchers or any other reader curious about expanding their knowledge of strategy.

Author : D. Griffin,P. Trevorrow,E. Halpin
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781607502319

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Developments in E-Government by D. Griffin,P. Trevorrow,E. Halpin Pdf

This publication sets out to provide a more critical evaluation of developments in e-government. The analytical tools, frameworks and theoretical perspectives employed by the contributors should enable students and practitioners to analyze and critique local, national and global progress in undertaking technology-enabled change in the processes of government. The scope of the book includes the area traditionally associated with e-government, i.e. service delivery by various levels of government. In addition, it examines the emerging area of e-democracy, in which technology is being utilized to provide a digital presence for the democratic processes of government. The book is a synthesis of theoretical contributions and empirical investigations. The contributors have been assembled from across the European Union and beyond to present empirical evidence from studies undertaken in a number of different countries. The knowledge gained from the implementation of e-government on an international scale, at the national and local level, should provide a useful reference point for policy makers and academics that are steering and evaluating future developments in e-government.

Author : John A. Taylor,I. Th. M. Snellen,Arre Zuurmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000061177485

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Beyond BPR in Public Administration by John A. Taylor,I. Th. M. Snellen,Arre Zuurmond Pdf

Author : Nikolaos Dimitriadis,Alexandros Psychogios
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789662153

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Neuroscience for Leaders by Nikolaos Dimitriadis,Alexandros Psychogios Pdf

Unlock your potential with the latest neuroscientific insights and succeed as a leader in complex business environments. As understanding of neuroscience increases, it is better understood how scientific insights can be applied to develop and enhance leadership. Neuroscience for Leaders captures the most up-to-date and important findings in neuroscience and links these to the business world. This guide offers a simple framework to put these principles into practice to make better decisions, take the right actions and find faster solutions. Now in its second edition, this book presents a comprehensive approach to leading people and organizations based on academic research. The authors' 'Brain Adaptive Leadership' approach offers a step-by-step guide to enhancing the way leaders think, understanding and nurturing emotions, shaping automated brain responses and developing dynamic relationships. Examples, activities and practical suggestions are all designed to be clear and engaging. Neuroscience for Leaders is the essential guide for leaders who are ready to gain the business advantage scientifically.