Information Management
Subtitle: The Organizational Dimension
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 24, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780198257608
First sentence: Over thirty-five years have passed since academics began speculating on the impact that information technology (IT) would have on organizational structure (Leavitt and Whisler 1958).
Description: This volume is a sequel to Information Management: The Strategic Dimension (OUP, 1988), a book which was well received by managers and academics alike.

The purpose of this book is to take an informed, dispassionate and constructive look, based on research, at the challenges of IT and to offer insight, analysis and guidance on the ever changing IT environment, focusing in particular on managerial and organizational issues.

These include centralization versus decentralization, relations between users and specialists, managing the IS function, outsourcing versus internal capabilities, project management and systems implementation, and an assessment of Business Process Re-engineering at both the conceptual and empirical level.

The book provides an authoritative overview and helpful diagnosis of current information management challenges by some of the leading information systems researchers in Europe and the USA. The volume will be essential reading for IT researchers, management consultants and senior IT professionals.