How Societies Embrace Information Technology: Lessons for Management and the Rest of Us
James W. Cortada, "How Societies Embrace Information Technology: Lessons for Management and the Rest of Us"
English | ISBN: 0470534982 | 2009 | 288 pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | ISBN: 0470534982 | 2009 | 288 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This 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.