Author: Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10439
Book Description
Author: Information Systems for Business and Beyond
Author: David T. BourgeoisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
"Information Systems for Business and Beyond introduces the concept of information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world."--BC Campus website.
The IEBM Handbook of Information Technology in Business
Author: Milan ZelenyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781861526366
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
IT pervades every aspect of our lives and is assuming an ever greater in the arena of business and management. Throughout the world what we do and how we do it have been revolutionised by computers. With traditional areas of business being redefined, Information Technology and Systems (IT/S) has become the most potent productive force and primary source of competitive advantage. The IEBM Handbook of Information Technology in Business provides a comprehensive and informative guide on the impact of IT/S on management behaviour and practice. The major advances of IT/S are covered, including such subjects as mass customisation, extranets and intranets, e-commerce, smart cards, disaster recovery and system vulnerability. The handbook focuses on data, information, knowledge and related technologies in business to provide students, managers and consultants with a useful and applicable reference to the vast and rapidly growing area of IT/S.
IBM
Author: James W. CortadaPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262547821
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 747
Book Description
A history of one of the most influential American companies of the last century. For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies around the globe. It was “Big Blue, ” an icon. And yet over the years, IBM has gone through both failure and success, surviving flatlining revenue and forced reinvention. The company almost went out of business in the early 1990s, then came back strong with new business strategies and an emphasis on artificial intelligence. In this authoritative, monumental history, James Cortada tells the story of one of the most influential American companies of the last century. Cortada, a historian who worked at IBM for many years, describes IBM's technology breakthroughs, including the development of the punch card (used for automatic tabulation in the 1890 census), the calculation and printing of the first Social Security checks in the 1930s, the introduction of the PC to a mass audience in the 1980s, and the company's shift in focus from hardware to software. He discusses IBM's business culture and its orientation toward employees and customers; its global expansion; regulatory and legal issues, including antitrust litigation; and the track records of its CEOs. The secret to IBM's unequalled longevity in the information technology market, Cortada shows, is its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances and technologies.
Building IBM
Author: Emerson W. PughPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262307685
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
No company of the twentieth century achieved greater success and engendered more admiration, respect, envy, fear, and hatred than IBM. Building IBM tells the story of that company—how it was formed, how it grew, and how it shaped and dominated the information processing industry. Emerson Pugh presents substantial new material about the company in the period before 1945 as well as a new interpretation of the postwar era.Granted unrestricted access to IBM's archival records and with no constraints on the way he chose to treat the information they contained, Pugh dispels many widely held myths about IBM and its leaders and provides new insights on the origins and development of the computer industry.Pugh begins the story with Herman Hollerith's invention of punched-card machines used for tabulating the U.S. Census of 1890, showing how Hollerith's inventions and the business he established provided the primary basis for IBM. He tells why Hollerith merged his company in 1911 with two other companies to create the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, which changed its name in 1924 to International Business Machines. Thomas J. Watson, who was hired in 1914 to manage the merged companies, exhibited remarkable technological insight and leadership—in addition to his widely heralded salesmanship—to build Hollerith's business into a virtual monopoly of the rapidly growing punched-card equipment business. The fascinating inside story of the transfer of authority from the senior Watson to his older son, Thomas J. Watson Jr., and the company's rapid domination of the computer industry occupy the latter half of the book. In two final chapters, Pugh examines conditions and events of the 1970s and 1980s and identifies the underlying causes of the severe probems IBM experienced in the 1990s.
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
Author: Mehdi Khosrow-PourPublisher: IGI Global Snippet
ISBN: 9781605660264
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 4292
Book Description
"This set of books represents a detailed compendium of authoritative, research-based entries that define the contemporary state of knowledge on technology"--Provided by publisher.
Management
Author: Morgen WitzelPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415320178
Category : Management
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Management: The Basicsprovides an easy, jargon-free introduction to the fundamental principles and practices of modern management. Using examples ranging from people management at Cadbury and the Enron crisis to the marketing of fried chicken in China, it explains key aspects of management, including: · Planning effective business strategy to meet goals · How successful marketing works · How organizations are structured and function · How to understand corporate finance · What affects how people work and effective human resources management · The importance of knowledge and culture This informative and accessible guide is ideal for anyone who wants to understand what management is and how it works.
Human Systems Management
Author: Milan ZelenyPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9810249136
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Human Systems Management is an important work that integrates knowledge, management and systems into a unified world of thinking and action in business, decision-making and economics. It presents a modern synthesis of the fields of knowledge management, systems science and human organization. A biological rather than mechanistic perspective pervades the text. New and original ideas and approaches are presented with the simplicity and clarity typical of the well-known author.
New Frontiers of Decision Making for the Information Technology Era
Author: Yong ShiPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810242992
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The volume provides users and developers of the IT/S (information technology and systems) with information about the advances in decision making and decision-making support that empower and enable information technology in the direction of productivity and effectiveness of decision making in business. The chapters have been written by well-known international experts in decision making and they explore the frontiers of decision making in the era of IT/S. The book is intended to serve as a research source, scientific reference and business support source, as well as a book of student readings that will appeal to a larger international audience.
International Encyclopedia of Business and Management
Author: Malcolm WarnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
As 2001 sees the launch of the updated second edition of the IEBM, simultaneous advances in technology allow the launch of an online version of the IEBM, which will provide an easily searchable reference source which is updated annually. "IEBM Online" provides access to 900 entries and includes powerful search engines that enable free text and sophisticated advanced form searching, and more.