Structuring The Information Age

Author : JoAnne Yates
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801880866

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Structuring the Information Age provides insight into the largely unexplored evolution of information processing in the commercial sector and the underrated influence of corporate users in shaping the history of modern technology. JoAnne Yates examines how life insurance firms—where good record-keeping and repeated use of massive amounts of data were crucial—adopted and shaped information processing technology through most of the twentieth century. The book analyzes this process beginning with tabulating technology, the most immediate predecessor of the computer, and continuing through the 1970s with early computers. Yates elaborates two major themes: the reciprocal influence of information technology and its use, and the influence of past practices on the adoption and use of new technologies. In the 1950s, insurance industry leaders recognized that computers would enable them to integrate processes previously handled separately, but they also understood that they would have to change their ways of working profoundly to achieve this integration. When it came to choosing equipment and applications, most companies ultimately preferred a gradual, incremental migration to an immediate and radical transformation. In tracing this process, Yates shows that IBM's successful transition from tabulators to computers in part reflected that vendor's ability to provide large customers such as insurance companies with the necessary products to allow gradual change. In addition, this detailed industry case study helps explain information technology's so-called productivity paradox, showing that firms took roughly two decades to achieve the initial computerization and process integration that the industry set as objectives in the 1950s.

Author : James I. Cash
Publisher : Irwin Professional Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic data processing
ISBN : 0256124582

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Building the Information-age Organization by James I. Cash Pdf

Author : Jerry N. Luftman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195090161

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Competing in the Information Age by Jerry N. Luftman Pdf

Synthesizes a body of research and theories relating to the way firms can undergo transformation in order to remain competitive in a changing business environment. This book includes the coordination and alignment of a firm's business strategy.

Author : I. Th. M. Snellen,Wim B. H. J. van de Donk
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 44,5 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 : David Stephen Alberts,Daniel S. Papp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015063343944

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The Information Age by David Stephen Alberts,Daniel S. Papp Pdf

The Information Age: An Anthology on Its Impacts and Consequences was originally prepared by The Center for Advanced Concepts, Technologies, and Information Strategies of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University. The original four volumes have been combined into one volume for this printing. They are: Part One: The Information and Communication Revolution Part Two: Business, Commerce, and Services Part Three: Government and the Military Part Four: International Affairs

Author : Hubert Österle
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783662030868

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Business in the Information Age by Hubert Österle Pdf

The industrial society is fast becoming an information society. As a result, many companies are experiencing serious difficulties in developing the new internal structures required. The increasing use of information technology has a profound effect on markets, products, and processes, as well as the management of and co-operation between companies. Recognising the possibilities and grasping the emerging potential is an important challenge for todays management, if the organisations and systems are to develop over the next twenty years. Business in the Information Age offers models and techniques for transforming company structures to help face this challenge. Viewing the business process as a new model to describe the organisation forms the link between company strategy and information systems. The book points out advantages accessible through IT, together with ways of integrating this knowledge in effective and efficient processes.

Author : David J. Lonsdale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135757205

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The Nature of War in the Information Age by David J. Lonsdale Pdf

There has been a great deal of speculation recently concerning the likely impact of the 'Information Age' on warfare. In this vein, much of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the Information Age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In this book, David Lonsdale puts that notion to the test. Using a range of contexts, the book sets out to look at whether the classical Clausewitzian theory of the nature of war will retain its validity in this new age. The analysis covers the character of the future battlespace, the function of command, and the much-hyped concept of Strategic Information Warfare. Finally, the book broadens its perspective to examine the nature of 'Information Power' and its implications for geopolitics. Through an assessment of both historical and contemporary case studies (including the events following September 11 and the recent war in Iraq), the author concludes that although the future will see many changes to the conduct of warfare, the nature of war, as given theoretical form by Clausewitz, will remain essentially unchanged.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Information technology
ISBN : 025615516X

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Author : Simon Lilley,Geoffrey Lightfoot,Paulo Amaral M. N.
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191037122

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Representing Organization by Simon Lilley,Geoffrey Lightfoot,Paulo Amaral M. N. Pdf

This textbook provides an accessible theoretical analysis of the organizational impact of information technologies. It seeks to examine and comment upon the myriad ways in which actors, organizations, and environments are represented through these technologies. Contemporary threats to organizational form and stability are considered alongside the potential that information technologies offer to both exacerbate and overcome them. It examines, amongst others, issues surrounding the material and symbolic aspects of information systems; risk and prediction; systems implementation and systems success; knowledge management practices; accountability and other management practices; computerized modelling; and the virtual organization. To this end it deploys a number of different theoretical lenses including: · systems theory · social constructivism · labour process theory · post-structuralism · actor network theory These offer complementary and contrasting insights into the computerization of managerial work. In order to ensure that the book is both relevant and approachable to students from a range of backgrounds these theories are applied to real examples of the development and implementation of information systems. This combination fosters practical knowledge that is theoretically informed. The book thus aims to bridge the gap between the abstractions of current theories of organization and the grounded material that forms the bulk of Information Systems literature. It thus offers a novel way into the ongoing debates surrounding technological change and the perennial problems of managerial control. It has been designed to support theoretically informed Information and Technology courses at the advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and will also be of interest to academics in the fields of Management, Information Technology, Sociological, and Cultural studies.

Author : Karen F. Evans
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230006201

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Maintaining Community in the Information Age by Karen F. Evans Pdf

By exploring the experiences of community activists and organizations working with information and communication technology (ICT) to build communities, this book offers a grounded and informed study of the role ICT plays in people's lives. The author emphasizes the importance of networks built around trust, shared spaces and local knowledge bases in the formation of significant relationships in contemporary Western societies and in doing so, questions many of the assumptions which inform the rhetorics of the information age.

Author : David Kember,Michael Corbett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811305115

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Structuring the Thesis by David Kember,Michael Corbett Pdf

The book is a collective investigation of the structuring of theses in education, the social sciences and other disciplines that commonly do not follow the standard procedures of the scientific method. To help research students design a structure for their own thesis and liberate their investigations from the constraints associated with the use of the conventional structure, it explains how the structures adopted were designed to suit the topic, methodology and paradigm. It also provides a wide range of examples to draw upon, which suit a broad spectrum of theory, methodological approaches, research methods and paradigms. Additionally, by analyzing the methodologies and paradigms, and reviewing the methodological and paradigmatic spectrum, it offers a significant contribution to the way research is conceptualized. The book addresses a number of key questions faced by students, supervisors and examiners: •Why do examiners often find it difficult to read work in non-scientific disciplines when theses are structured in accordance with the conventional scientific method? •Why do students in non-scientific disciplines struggle to write up the outcomes of their research in the conventional structure? •What alternative thesis structures can be devised to better suit the wide range of methods? •Which theories and paradigms are commonly followed in education and the social sciences and how do these perspectives influence the research process? •What methods, theories and paradigms are commonly adopted by education and social science students and what problems do these pose when students write their theses?

Author : Elizabeth A. Lorenzen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000156638

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Career Planning and Job Searching in the Information Age by Elizabeth A. Lorenzen Pdf

Career Planning and Job Searching in the Information Age answers key questions for today?s providers of career-planning and job-searching information. Librarians and career development professionals’concerns--such as cost-effective use of the Internet, the reliability and integrity of electronic resources, and successful search strategies--are addressed in this comprehensive collection. In this follow-up to Library Services for Career Planning, Job Searching and Employment Opportunities (1992), real-life methods used by information providers to reduce costs and improve quality of service through a better understanding of today?s technology and audience needs and expectations are shown. Readers learn about: issues and ethics in the electronic environment job searches conducted on the World Wide Web a university placement office?s gopher site for 24-hour access to job information a university library and career service department?s collaboration on job search seminars how a public library fit electronic job searching into its mission an alumnae network?s evolution into a national career development organization Career Planning and Job Searching in the Information Age presents a broad base of knowledge from which readers are launched into tightly focused case studies offering details on how to deal with the issues of technology and service. This book makes it clear that in the ever-changing world of information technology, there is little room for the status quo. Professionals who don’t learn about electronic resources risk missing out on a wealth of up-to-the-minute information that is infinitely useful to patrons planning a career or searching for a job. Library professionals just beginning to address these issues, professionals already possessing a general knowledge of these issues, and students of library science and career development will all benefit from this collection.

Author : John B. Thompson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745684994

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Books in the Digital Age by John B. Thompson Pdf

The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future? This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive ‘logic’ or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators. Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future.

Author : Suisheng Zhao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351216418

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Chinese Authoritarianism in the Information Age by Suisheng Zhao Pdf

This book examines information and public opinion control by the authoritarian state in response to popular access to information and upgraded political communication channels among the citizens in contemporary China. Empowered by mass media, particularly social media and other information technology, Chinese citizen’s access to information has been expanded. Publicly focusing events and opinions have served as catalysts to shape the agenda for policy making and law making, narrow down the set of policy options, and change the pace of policy implementation. Yet, the authoritarian state remains in tight control of media, including social media, to deny the free flow of information and shape public opinion through a centralized institutional framework for propaganda and information technologies. The evolving process of media control and public opinion manipulation has constrained citizen’s political participation and strengthened Chinese authoritarianism in the information age. The chapters originally published as articles in the Journal of Contemporary China.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1956 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110709370

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Organization, Structure, and Decisionmaking Procedures of the Department of Defense by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf