Intranets: What's the Bottom Line? - Softcover

Hinrichs, Randy J.; Sun Microsystems Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0138411980 ISBN 13: 9780138411985

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

Designed for management use, this book offers an overview of the basics of intranets, their components and applications. It then introduces the relationship of intranet and internet corporate applications, showing how to use a Web server and other critical components. In particular, it shows how to analyze the costs and benefits of intranet technologies. Application of intranets in sales, engineering, manufacturing and human resources are covered, and the book also includes case studies.

About this title

From the Author

Up to the minute intranets
It's been about six months since I last put my hands on the computer to edit this book. Since then, I've joined Microsoft and have had an opportunity to see some incredible visionary intranet work. From my vantage point, I didn't miss a heartbeat. This book is still right on. The messages, the visions, the ideas are all still quite relevant. Bottom Line: Intranets already exist in your organization - now it's time to let the genius create a place in the 21st century digital economy. Key bottom lines include: 1. The intranet is organic. 2. Executive management must buy in and share from the top. 3. The quality of information is called truth. Are you ready to provide it? 4. Centralize indexes and architecture. 5. Decentralize content and tools. 6. Create information retrieval systems that use critical thinking skills. 7. This is a great collective consciousness, creating a smarter company. 8. Guide your organization with principles - make them public. 9. It's what you do with the intranet that makes it powerful. 10. The intranet is about people empowerment, not technology. Randy J. Hinrichs

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0138411980
• ISBN 13: 9780138411985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 445