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Title: Information Ecology: Mastering the Information and Knowledge Environment by Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak ISBN: 0-19-511168-0 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: When a change is needed
Comment: This book offers great insight into creating an information envionment within the company. I think that the numerous examples for real life companies provide credibility to his claims. However this is for people who are building and IT strucutre for scratch or are looking for a paradigm shift in how they do IT? If your IT envionment is not producing results this is a great place to start. It provides the theory to apply to real life situations. Understanding the necessity of Information Technology is essential for implementing results oriented systems.
Rating: 4
Summary: Useful and informative book with new insights
Comment: I found this to be a useful and informative book with new insights, especially in the area of developing a wholistic view of an information enterprise. Most previous books seem to be limited to just MIS departments and ignore the fact that managing information is not something that just happens in a vacumn. I also found the diagnosis section to be useful and grounded in real work versus the "blackboard" consulting suggestions that sometimes comes from academics whose ideas are not grounded in real world experiences.
Rating: 2
Summary: Good theme but more buzzwords and bull than practical advice
Comment: I was disappointed by this book. While its central thesis (that MIS should include human and political considerations, not just technical ones) is valid and needs championing, I found the text repetitive, lacking in clear advice, and full of buzzwords used to restate the obvious. Mr. Davenport is clearly an expert on how to run MIS at large companies. Unfortunately, I found it difficult to glean applicable lessons from his book
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Title: Working Knowledge by Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak ISBN: 1578513014 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart by Bonnie A. Nardi, Vicki L. O'Day ISBN: 0262640422 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 28 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid ISBN: 1578517087 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Mastering Information Management by Donald A. Marchand, Thomas H. Davenport, Don Marchand ISBN: 0273643525 Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 24 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.00 |
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Title: Enabling Knowledge Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the Power of Innovation by Georg Von Krogh, Kazuo Ichijo, Ikujiro Nonaka ISBN: 0195126165 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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