Information at work : information management in the workplace / Katriina Byström, Jannica Heinström and Ian Ruthven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byström, Katriina, author.

Heinström, Jannica, 1970- author.

Ruthven, Ian, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management.

Information retrieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 179 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2019.

Summary:

Today's society is characterized by quick technological developments and constant changes to our information environments. One of the biggest changes has been on our workplace environments where technological developments have automated work processes that were previously done by manual labour whilst new professions and work tasks have emerged in response to new methods of creating, sharing and using information. Information at Work: Information management in the workplace provides a comprehensive account of information in the modern workplace. It includes a set of chapters examining and reviewing the major concepts within workplace information, from over-arching themes of information cultures and ecologies, to strategic concerns of information management and governance, and to detailed accounts of questions and current debates. This book will be useful reading for researchers in Information Science and Information Management and students on related courses. It is also suitable to be used as an introductory text for those working in allied fields such as Management and Business Studies.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgement

Contributors

Foreword: Situating the role of information in the messy and complex context of the workplace

1 Work and information in modern society: a changing workplace

Economic changes and information innovation

Information technology and its impact on people

Fragmentation

Information technology and its impact on organizations

Global trends

Work information environments

Perspectives on workplace information

Models of workplace information1

Taylor's information use environments

This book

References

2 Information activities and tasks

Introduction

Data, information and knowledge - the fuel that drives information work

About work and examples of work

The workplace

Deconstructing work

Conclusion

Future directions

3 Information culture

Defining information culture

Information culture - factors and components

Information culture research

Conclusions

4 Information management

Information management and the workplace

Definition of information management

Related concepts

Conclusion: the future of information management and workplace information

Note

5 Information artefacts

Theoretical underpinnings for information artefacts

Key concepts: information source and information channel

Use of information sources and channels

Key concept: information tool

Key concept: information system

Information artefacts and information needs

Conclusions: information artefacts, collegial inclusion and expertise in the workplace

6 Information attributes

Theoretical underpinnings

References.

7 Workplace information environment - challenges and opportunities for research

Workplace Information Environment (WIE)

Information and information use

Expansion of the IUEs towards workplaces

Expansion of the IUE beyond workplaces

Expansion towards trajectory of time

The keystone aspects

Workplace Information Environments

Future directions for workplace information research

Concluding words

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).

ISBN:

9781783302772

1783302771