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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172222003321

Autore

Tansey Stephen D. <1942-, >

Titolo

Business, information technology and society / / Stephen D. Tansey ; with contributions by Geoffrey Darnton and John Wateridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-65208-9

1-134-65209-7

1-280-18205-9

0-203-45467-7

0-585-46764-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Classificazione

85.15

Disciplina

303.48/33

658.4038011

Soggetti

Information technology

Information technology - Social aspects

Technological innovations - Management

Information society

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of case studies; List of boxes; List of exercises; Introduction; Acknowledgements; The environment of computing; The environment of computing: a systems approach; The IT industry and the information economy; Government, globalization and information technology; Regulating computing; The workplace and IT; IT and organizations; IT and jobs; IT and the environment; IT and society: the need for choice; Glossary, including acronyms and abbreviations; On-line resources; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

r complete and readable introduction to the nature and impact of new information and communication technologies on business and society.