Information Orientation - The Link to Business Performance

Zusatztext Vitally important issues that are usefully explored. Informationen zum Autor Donald A. Marchand is Study Director and Professor, Information Management and Strategy, IMD International, Lausanne.William J. Kettinger is Director, Center for Information Management and Technology Research, Darla Moore School of Business Administration, University of South Carolina.John D. Rollins is Study Director and Managing Partner, Strategic IT Effectiveness (SITE), Andersen Consulting. Klappentext This book presents the results of an international research project designed to evaluate how effectively people use information and IT to improve business performance. In particular it looks at three dimensions - information behavior and values; information management practices; and IT practices - and their relationship to business performance. The book combines a focus on business relevance with strong empirical research. Zusammenfassung A description of information behaviours and values, management practices, and information technology capabilities. The text presents an information orientation dashboard as a diagnostic tool to measure the strengths and weaknesses of a company's information capabilities. 1. Managing People, Information, and Technology to Improve Business Performance; 2. Evolution of Management Thinking and Practice about People, Information, and IT; 3. How Senior Managers Assess Information Technology Practices; 4. How Senior Managers Value Information Management Practices; 5. What Key Behaviors and Values Lead to Effective Information Use by People in Companies; 6. Discovering the Link between Information Orientation and Business Performance; 7. Information Orientation: The New Metric of Effective Information Use; 8. Developing Information Orientation Maturity in Companies; 9. Competing for the Future: Industry Leadership Using Information; Epilogue Transforming Management Practice and Metrics in the Age of Information Capitalism; Appendix The Study's Research Approach and Statistical Results...

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• Authors: William J. Kettinger, William J. (University of South Carolina) Kettinger, Kettinger William J., Donald A. Marchand, Donald A. (IMD International Marchand, Marchand Donald A., John D. Rollins, John D. (Andersen Consulting Rollins, Rollins John D.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2002
• EAN: 9780199252213
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925221-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 233 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, COMPUTERS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Management decision making, Management of specific areas, Computing & Information Technology, Computing and Information Technology