{"product_id":"how-societies-embrace-information-technology-lessons-for-management-and-the-rest-of-us-paperback-softback-9780470534984","title":"How Societies Embrace Information Technology; Lessons for Management and the Rest of Us (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470534984","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHow Societies Embrace Information Technology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLessons for Management and the Rest of Us\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames W. Cortada (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470534984, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, Charts: 2 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Drawings: 4 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Tables: 12 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Graphs: 2 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.422 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The book also presents ideas for educators. For instance, to encourage IT people to be naturally proactive, courses should leverage the creation and production of IT projects with solving society's problems. With some effort, this can be done in computers and society courses, at both the general and professional education level. At the professional level, IT workers with such experience and training will more likely choose to work on problem areas. At the general level, people with such experience will act politically, to vocalize the expectation that the IT industry will create products that help society.\" (\u003ci\u003eComputing Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments. It is aimed at government policymakers interested in economic development and at private-sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology, now a worldwide expenditure of over $2 trillion annually. The book will also interest a wide range of academics concerned with the sociology, history, economics, and the effects of IT on contemporary society, ands to the general trade market.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introducing the Big Picture 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe presence of information technology 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMegatrends at work 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow societies use technology to shape their world 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and references 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 How Computers Spread Around the World So Fast 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions and issues 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernment-supported\/private-sector-driven model 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational champion model 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsian private-sector-driven model 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanned economy: public policy model 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustry-driven model 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporate diffusion model 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication diffusion model 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology-standards diffusion model 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns, practices, and implications 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and references 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 How Governments Leverage Information Technologies to Improve Their National Economies 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA brief historical reminder 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic development in a connected world: the big picture 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow governments use it to encourage economic development 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat motivates governments to encourage their citizens and economies to use it? 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmerging strategies for the most advanced nations compared to rapidly advancing nations 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe special role of labor 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal recession, twenty-first century style 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications for public officials 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications for business leaders 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe way forward with policies and practices 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and references 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 How Managers and Officials Decide What Technology to Use 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe kinds of decisions made by managers 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypes of justification 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManagerial practices 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome possible less effective practices 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecial role of industries 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePath forward 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and references 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Adding Up the Results So Far: Do We Now Live in the Information Age? 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy naming an age is a useful exercise and so hard to do 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat historians can teach us about the process 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case against the information age 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan we coexist on the frontiers of a new age? 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons for management and a strategy for change 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding thoughts 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and references 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 An Expanding Role for Scientists and Engineers 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the computer scientist 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir role in modern society 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen scientists and tech folk take things into their own hands 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen technologists go green 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir future world 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn old role made new 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and references 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Looking Down the Road into the Twenty-First Century 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to see the future of an industry 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing how information technology is evolving 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA strategy for managers and public officials 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecial role of the computer science community 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ultimate trend 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and references 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Keeping Up: Bibliographic Essay 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe big picture 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow computers spread around the world 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernments leveraging it for economic development 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeciding what technology to use 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving in the information age 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRole of technologists 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInto the twenty-first century 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Computer science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Computer science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Computer%20science%20%5BUY%5D%22\"\u003eUY\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52276361036056,"sku":"9780470534984","price":30.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470534984.jpg?v=1781367112","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/how-societies-embrace-information-technology-lessons-for-management-and-the-rest-of-us-paperback-softback-9780470534984","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}