Information management : the strategic dimension / edited by Michael Earl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Earl, Michael J.

Oxford Institute of Information Management.

PA Computers and Telecommunications (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management information systems--Congresses.

Management information systems.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

These essays, by leading academics and businesspersons from around the world, describe the current state of the art in information technology, a resource with increasingly important implications for managers and management students. Drawing on case studies from Ford, ICI, Volvo, and the U.K. Inland Revenue, the contributors discuss the place of technology in corporate strategy, its use in gaining competitive advantage, the formulation of information systems strategies, competitive dynamics in the use of value added networks, end-user computing, leadership in information management, and the development of information technology human resources.

Notes:

Papers from a conference jointly sponsored by the Oxford Institute of Information Management, Templeton College, Oxford and PA Computers and Telecommunications.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0198285922 :

OCLC:

17775336