Information in the Enterprise: it's more than technology - Softcover

Darnton, Geoffrey; Giacoletto, Sergio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1912359049 ISBN 13: 9781912359042

Publisher: Durotriges Press, 2018

Synopsis

The key themes of Information in the Enterprise are: · The information needs of the enterprise are far too extensive to be handled by its computerized systems alone. · Information technology encompasses much more than computers and networks. · A major weakness of enterprise organization is the failure to assign responsibility for managing overall information and knowledge assets independently of the technology. · Information, information technology, and organization interact in crucial ways, pre-senting to the enterprise both substantial opportunities and substantial threats. If you are a CIO, deal with information, information systems from management, practitioner, or academic perspectives, you need to read this book. It is written by two writers who between them have years of extensive and intensive experience of corporate management, consulting to some of the world’s largest enterprises (private, social, and government), along with teaching and academic practice. The book includes an Information Architecture that has been adopted and implemented by several world class enterprises and is a real alternative to other well-known approaches to enterprise architecture. It starts with practical advice for the busy information manager, followed by detailed coverage for practitioners and academics. A key theme throughout is that expenditure on information work is an order of magnitude greater than expenditure on computer-based or computer assisted applications and supporting technology. Therefore, if your information system work or ICT management is focused primarily on computers and their uses (and that’s what usually happens), you are at risk of failing to manage up to 80% of the enterprise’s information needs. Read this radical book to open your eyes with several new perspectives; they have stood the test of time since initial publication, selling thousands of copies over the years, implemented by many enterprises, and used on information systems courses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Durotriges Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1912359049
• ISBN 13: 9781912359042
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310