(Allied-Signal Inc.), James D. Best (1997).
The Digital Organization: AlliedSignal's Success with Business
Technology. (New York, NY: Wiley, 234 p.). Former Vice
President, Computing and Network Operations (AlliedSignal).
Allied-Signal Inc.--Management; High technology industries--United
States--Management--Case studies; International business
enterprises--United States--Management--Case studies; Management
information systems--Case studies.
(Cap Gemini Sogeti), Tristan Gaston-Breton; preface, Valery Giscard
d’Estaing (1999). La Saga Cap Gemini: L’Incroyable Histoire de
l’une des Plus Belles Success Stories Francaises de L'Informatique.
(Paris, FR: Point de Mire, 165 p.). Cap Gemini Sogeti (Firm); Computer
service industry--France.
(Mitre Corporation), Davis Dyer, Michael Aaron Dennis (1998).
Architects of Information Advantage: The Mitre Corporation Since
1958. (Montgomery, AL: Community Communications, p.). Mitre
Corporation--Case studies; Information technology--United States;
Command and control systems--United States; Administrative
agencies--United States--Data processing; United
States--Defenses--Data processing.
(World Wildlife Fund), Gregory S. Smith (2006).
Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO. (Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley, 240 p.). Vice President, CIO of IT at the World Wildlife Fund
in Washington, DC. Chief information officers--Vocational guidance;
Information technology--Management--Vocational guidance; Information
resources management--Vocational guidance. View,
from executive recruiter's perspective, of traits top search firms
look for in CIO candidates.
Bruce Abramson (2005).
Digital Phoenix: Why the Information Economy Collapsed and How It Will
Rise Again. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 361 p.). Consultant,
Lawyer with Focus on Issues Related to the Digital Economy.
Information technology--Economic aspects; Internet--Economic aspects.
James R. Beniger (1986).
The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the
Information Society. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
493 p.). Associate Professor at the Annenberg School of Communications
(USC). Communication--Social aspects--United States; Information
technology--Social aspects--United States; Information society;
Computers and civilization. Origin of the Information
Society - major economic, business crises of past century: 1) steam
power, 2) Industrial Revolution, 3) data processing, 4)
microprocessing.
Richard D. Brown (1989).
Knowledge Is Power: The Diffusion of Information in Early America,
1700-1865. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 372 p.).
Professor of History (University of Connecticut).
Communication--United States--History; United States--Civilization--To
1783; United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
Nicholas G. Carr (2004).
Does IT Matter?: Information Technology
and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage. (Boston, MA: Harvard
Business School Press, 208 p.). Information technology; Technological
innovations.
--- (2008).
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google. (New
York, NY: Norton, 224 p.). Former Executive Editor (Harvard Business
Review). Computers and civilization; Information technology--Social
aspects; Technological innovations; Internet.
History, economics, technology - why computing is changing,
turning into a utility, just as privately generated steam power turned
into public electric utilities 100 years ago; what cheap computing means
for society.
Eds. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., James W. Cortada (2000).
A Nation
Transformed by Information: How Information Has Shaped the United
States from Colonial Times to the Present. (New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 380 p.). Information technology--United
States--History.
Claudio Ciborra; with a foreword by Kristen Nygaard (2002).
The
Labyrinths of Information: Challenging the Wisdom of Systems. (New
York, NY: Oxford University Press, 195 p.). Information technology;
Technological innovations; Organizational change.
compiled by James W. Cortada (1983).
An Annotated Bibliography on
the History of Data Processing. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 215
p.). Computers--History--Bibliography; Electronic data
processing--History--Bibliography.
James W. Cortada (1996).
Information Technology as Business
History: Issues in the History and Management of Computers.
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 263 p.). Director of CSL Programs and
Support for IBM Global Services. Business--Data
processing--History; Information technology--Management--History;
Electronic data processing--History.
--- (2002).
Making the Information Society: Experience, Consequences, and
Possibilities. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 469
p.). Director of CSL Programs and Support for IBM Global Services and
Chairman of the Charles Babbage Foundation at the University of
Minnesota. Information society--United States; Information
technology--Economic aspects--United States; Information
technology--Social aspects--United States.
Stan Davis, Christopher Meyer (1998).
Blur: The Speed of Change
in the Connected Economy. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 265 p.).
Information technology--Economic aspects;
Telecommunication--Technological innovations; Technology and
civilization.
Larry Downes, Chunka Mui ; [foreword by Nicholas Negroponte] (2000).
Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance.
(Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 243 p.). Information
technology--United States--Management; Digital communications--United
States--Management; Organizational change--United States.
Matthew P. Drennan (2002).
The Information Economy and American
Cities. ( Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 153
p.). Information technology--Economic aspects--United States;
Metropolitan areas--United States; Urban economics; United
States--Economic conditions--1981-2001; United States--Economic
conditions--1971-1981; United States--Economic conditions--1961-1971.
Johannes Cornelis Maria van den Ende (1994).
The Turn of the Tide: Computerization in Dutch Society, 1900-1965.
(Delft, Netherlands: Delft University Press, 267 p.).
Automation--Economic aspects--Netherlands; Automation--Social
aspects--Netherlands.
Philip Evans, Thomas S. Wurster (2000).
Blown to Bits: How the
New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy. (Boston, MA:
Harvard Business School Press, 261 p.). Information technology;
Knowledge management; Strategic planning.
Chris Freeman and Francisco Louçã (2001).
As Time Goes By: From
the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution. (New
York, NY: Oxford University Press, 407 p.). Long waves
(Economics)--History; Information technology--History; Industrial
revolution.
Daniel R. Headrick (2000).
When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of
Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850. (New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 246 p.). Professor of Social Science and History
(Roosevelt University). Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--18th
century; Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--19th century;
Information resources--Europe--History--18th century; Information
resources--Europe--History--19th century; Enlightenment;
Europe--Intellectual life--18th century; Europe--Intellectual life--19th
century. Information Age is step in long cultural process
with conceptual roots in profound changes that occurred during the Age
of Reason and Revolution.
Erik Keller (2004).
Technology Paradise Lost: Why Companies Will
Spend Less To Get More from Information Technology. (Greenwich, CT:
Manning Publications, 260 p.). Former Research Fellow (Gartner Group).
Information technology--Finance. New IT-think.
Steven Johnson (1997).
Interface Culture: How New Technology
Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate. (San Francisco, CA:
HarperEdge, 264 p.). Editor, Online Magazine (Feed). Information
technology--Social aspects; Information society; Communication and
culture.
--- (2001).
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains,
Cities, and Software. (New York, NY: Scribner, 288 p.). Editor,
Online Magazine (Feed). Self-organizing systems; Swarm intelligence;
Systems engineering.
Dean Lane (2004).
CIO Wisdom: Best Practices from Silicon Valley's
Leading IT Experts. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 412
p.). Senior Director Information Technology (Symantec Corporation).
Information technology--Management; Information resources
management--Miscellanea; Management information systems--Miscellanea.
Richard A. Lanham (2006).
The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of
Information. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 326 p.).
Professor Emeritus of English (University of California, Los Angeles).
Information society--Economic aspects; Economics--Sociological aspects;
Information technology--Social aspects. Move from economy of things, objects to an economy of attention,
grounded in humanities and liberal arts.
Paul Levinson (1997).
The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future
of the Information Revolution. (New York, NY: Routledge, 257 p.).
Information technology--History; Information technology--Forecasting.
Steven Lubar (1993).
InfoCulture: The Smithsonian Book of
Information Age Inventions. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 408 p.).
National Museum of American History (U.S.)--Exhibitions; Information
technology--History.
James L. McKenney with Duncan C. [i.e. G.] Copeland, Richard O. Mason
(1995).
Waves of Change: Business Evolution Through Information
Technology. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 230 p.).
Information technology--United States--Management--History; Business
enterprises--United States--Automation--History; Organizational
change--United States--History.
Jeff Papows (1998).
Enterprise.com: Market Leadership in the
Information Age. (Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 240 p.). Head of Lotus
Software Unit of IBM. Information technology--Economic aspects;
Industrial management--Data processing; Information technology--Social
aspects; World Wide Web; Information society.
Harvey L. Poppel, Bernard Goldstein; with foreword by John Sculley
(1987).
Information Technology: The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity.
(New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 207 p.). Computer industry;
Telecommunication equipment industry; Market surveys; Information
technology.
William V. Rapp (2002).
Information Technology Strategies: How
Leading Firms Use IT To Gain an Advantage. (New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 303 p.). Information technology--Management;
Business--Data processing; Strategic planning; Information
technology--Management--Case studies; Business--Data processing--Case
studies; Strategic planning--Case studies.
Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson (2006).
Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business
Execution. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press,, 288 p.).
Industrial management--Automation; Information technology--Management;
Strategic planning. When it comes to executing strategy, enterprise architecture may matter far more than
strategy itself.
Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian (1999). Information Rules: A Strategic
Guide to the Network Economy. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School
Press, 352 p.). Information technology--Economic aspects; Information
society.
Charlotte S. Stephens (1995).
The Nature of Information Technology
Managerial Work: The Work Life of Five Chief Information Officers.
(Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 221 p.). Information
technology--Management--Case studies; Chief information officers--United
States--Case studies.
George Westerman, Richard Hunter (2007).
IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage.
(Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 221 p.). Research Scientist
in the Center for Information Systems Research (MIT Sloan School of
Management); Group Vice President and Gartner Fellow (Gartner Executive
Programs). Information technology--Management; Management information
systems; Risk management; Information technology--Security measures.
New model for integrated risk management;
three core areas to develop to eliminate problems that silo
strategies create.
Walter B. Wriston (1992).
The Twilight of Sovereignty: How the
Information Revolution Is Transforming Our World. (New York, NY:
Scribner, 192 p.). Information technology.
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