Information beyond borders : international cultural and intellectual exchange in the Belle ©?poque / / edited by W. Boyd Rayward ; Alistair Black [and eighteen others], contributors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464895203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-317-11679-8; 1-4094-4226-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RaywardW. Boyd <1939->; BlackAlistair
• Disciplina: 001.09/034
• Soggetti: Information services - History - 19th century; Information services - History - 20th century; Documentation - History; Information society - History; Intellectual cooperation - History; 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction International Exhibitions, Paul Otlet,Henri La Fontaine and the Paradox of the Belle Époque; 1 Of Artifacts and Organs: World Telegraph Cables and Ernst Kapp's Philosophy of Technology; 2 The Formation of Global News Agencies, 1859-1914; 3 "In the Pursuit of Colonial Intelligence": The Archive and Identity in the Australian Colonies; 4 Divided Space-Divided Science? Closing and Transcending Scientific Boundaries in Central Europe; 5 Scholarly Networks and International Congresses: The Orientalists before the First World War 6 Organizing a Global Idiom: Esperanto, Ido and the World Auxiliary Language Movement; 7 Beyond Babel: Esperanto, Ido and Louis Couturat's Pursuit of an International Scientific Language; 8 Laboratories of Social Thought; 9 Sociology in Brussels, ; Organicism and the Idea of a World Society; 10 Collecting Paper: Die Brücke, the Bourgeois Interior, and the Architecture of Knowledge; 11 Alfred H. Fried and the Challenges for "Scientific Pacifism" in the Belle Époque; 12 Global Government through Science: Pieter Eijkman's Plans for a World Capital 13 Dynamics of Networks and of Decimal Classification Systems, 1905-35; 14 The Great Classification Battle of 1910: A Tale of "Blunders and Bizzareries" at the Melbourne Public Library; 15 From Display to Data: the Commercial Museum and the Beginnings of Business Information, 1870-1914; 16 An Information Management Tool for Dismantling Barriers in Early Multinational Corporations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book analyses the dynamics of the emerging networks of individuals, organizations, technologies and publications by which means information was exchanged across and through all kinds of borders and boundaries in this period. It extends the frame within which historical discourse about information can take place by bringing together scholars not only from different disciplines but also from different national and linguistic backgrounds. It will be of interest to scholars and students of information history and the emergence of the information society as well as to social and cultural histo

Running IT like a business : a step-by-step guide to Accenture's Internal IT / / Robert E. Kress

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790384203321
• Autore: Kress Robert E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ely, Cambridgeshire : , : IT Governance Publishing, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-84928-358-3; 1-299-46868-3; 1-84928-357-5
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.67
• Soggetti: Business enterprises - Information technology - Management; Information technology - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: IT Strategy and Governance; Start with strategy; Developing your IT strategy; IT governance; Mirroring your corporate structure; Prioritizing IT investments; Investment portfolios; Clarity around accountability; Running IT like a business; Chapter 2: Crafting a Menu of Managed Services; Standards and specials; Case study number 1: e-mail; Case study number 2: technology support; Think product and service; Think pricing; Think customer; Your managed services roadmap; Running IT like a business; Chapter 3: Tracking IT PerformancePerformance measurements; Measuring satisfaction; Metric management; Benchmarking; Benefits realization; Running IT like a business; Chapter 4: Creating Value across the Enterprise; Doing more for less; Help others be more productive; Help the entire enterprise; Reduce risk; Enable growth; Make smart value judgments; Communicate the value you create; Running IT like a business; Chapter 5: Tricks of the Trade for Running IT like a Business; Flexible resources; IT human resources model - positions and roles; Employee engagement; Managing suppliers and contracts; Planning and resource managementTo capitalize or to expense?; Audit and regulatory compliance management; Running IT like a business; ; Chapter 6: Toward High-performance IT; 1. Strategic IT alignment; 2. Governance; 3. Application architecture; 4. Information management; 5. Service management and operations; 6. Solutions delivery; 7. Workforce and resource management; 8. Information and technology security; 9. Outsourcing; Running IT like a business; Chapter 7: Accenture's IT Journey; Our corporate heritage; The creation of Accenture; From efficiency to effectiveness; The rework versus replace debateResults to date; Cost-benefit analysis; Your transformational IT journey; ITG Resources
• Sommario/riassunto: Running IT like a Business will show you how your IT function can provide much more than products and services and add real value to your business. With clear strategies, helpful diagrams and real-life examples, this book will give you the keys to unlocking your IT function's hidden potential.