Cortada, James W.
How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / James W. Cortada. - Hoboken, N.J. : Los Alamitos, CA : John Wiley & Sons ; IEEE Computer Society, ©2009. - (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How Societies Embrace Information Technology; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Introducing the Big Picture; 2 How Computers Spread Around the World So Fast; 3 How Governments Leverage Information Technologies to Improve Their National Economies; 4 How Managers and Officials Decide What Technology to Use; 5 Adding Up the Results So Far: Do We Now Live in the Information Age?; 6 An Expanding Role for Scientists and Engineers; 7 Looking Down the Road into the Twenty-First Century; 8 Keeping Up: Bibliographic Essay; Index.
This book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments. It is aimed at government policymakers interested in economic development and at private-sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology, now a worldwide expenditure of over.
9780470643938 0470643935 1282491903 9781282491908
10.1002/9780470643938 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Information society.
Internet--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
COMPUTERS--Information Technology.
Information society.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Internet--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
HM851 / .C675 2009
303.4833
How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / James W. Cortada. - Hoboken, N.J. : Los Alamitos, CA : John Wiley & Sons ; IEEE Computer Society, ©2009. - (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How Societies Embrace Information Technology; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Introducing the Big Picture; 2 How Computers Spread Around the World So Fast; 3 How Governments Leverage Information Technologies to Improve Their National Economies; 4 How Managers and Officials Decide What Technology to Use; 5 Adding Up the Results So Far: Do We Now Live in the Information Age?; 6 An Expanding Role for Scientists and Engineers; 7 Looking Down the Road into the Twenty-First Century; 8 Keeping Up: Bibliographic Essay; Index.
This book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments. It is aimed at government policymakers interested in economic development and at private-sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology, now a worldwide expenditure of over.
9780470643938 0470643935 1282491903 9781282491908
10.1002/9780470643938 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Information society.
Internet--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
COMPUTERS--Information Technology.
Information society.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Internet--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
HM851 / .C675 2009
303.4833