Description
Book SynopsisAccording 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 even how thinkers think. And it is certainly true that Information Technology has become a giant industry. In America, more that 50% of all capital spending goes into IT, accounting for more than a third of the growth of the entire American economy in the last four years. Over the last decade, IT spending in the U.S. is estimated at 3 trillion dollars. And yet, by almost all accounts, IT hasn''t worked all that well. Why is it that so many of the companies that rave invested in these costly new technologies never saw the returns they had hoped for? And why do workers, even CEOs, find it so hard to adjust to new IT systems? In Information Ecology, Thomas Davenport proposes a revolutionary new way to look at information management, one that takes into account the total information environment within an organization. Argui
Trade Review"An important, must-read book about managers and their information needs."--F.Warren McFarlan, Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
"Information Ecology defines mobilization for the future, a topic that is clearly thought provoking and one that we must all address if true information technology return on investment is to occur."--Ralph J. Szygenda, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Corporation
'...a timely corrective to the technophile culture that has dominated the field of information to date...an informative book for those who want to manage information and not just IT to the best effect within both business and healthcare.' * Chris Atkinson, British Jnl of Healthcare Computing & Information Management, vol.15, Number 5 *
A well argued , and well presented, case that needs to be read by all those wrestling with this critical subject. - Stuart MacDonald - Long Range Planning Vol 31 Oct 1988
