From "unexpected" earnings results to missed market opportunities to product launch disasters, we've come to accept uncertainty as an unavoidable fact of business life. But Kenneth G. McGee argues that even the worst business surprises rarely happen without warning-and that a few vital pieces of information can make all the difference in whether an event spells disaster, or opportunity. In H…
Learn how Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Apple plus several other technology companies achieved their success. This book contains 22 cases on how the top information technology companies formulate strategy.
This book grew out of work done by the IBM Consulting Group in its efforts to assist businesses to use information technology effectively. The work of the group combines academic research programs and on-site consulting and resulted in formulation of the strategic alignment model. This model holds that an organization’s business and information systems strategies and its organizational and in…
The phrase "information overload" had become a commonplace even before the Internet changed the way we think about knowledge distribution. In our newly digital world, where cell phones, palm devices, and email are ubiquitous, the most precious commodity of all is attention. Companies that can't command the attention of their customers and employees will suffer in what Thomas H. Davenport and Jo…
Part 1. Organizations, Management and the Networked Enterprise Information Systems in Global Business Today Global E-Business and Collaboration Information Systems, Organizations and Strategy Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems Part 2. Information Technology Infrastructure IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Informa…
Buku ini memberikan pandangan dari dalam tentang masa lalu dan masa depan Acer; bagaimana perusahaan ini telah menggunakan "pemikiran terbalik" untuk mengatasi hambatan demi hambatan guna melahirkan sebuah solusi dan peluang baru. Pola pemikiran terbalik telah membantu Acer berkembang dari sebuah perusahaan kecil dengan lima anak perusahaan di masa awal menjadi sebuah perusahaan "high-tech" glo…
Describes the basics of the current knowledge movement in the organizational world. Drawing on the examples of over thirty firms, the authors explain what knowledge in an organization is, how managers can analyze and measure it, and what is the proper way to utilize it for greater efficiency. They categorize knowledge work into the four categories of accessing, generating, embedding, and transf…