How societies embrace information technology
Subtitle: lessons for management and the rest of us
By: James W. Cortada
Contributors: IEEE Computer Society
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; IEEE Computer Society
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J; Los Alamitos, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780470534984
Subjects: Social aspects; Information society; Information technology; Internet
Description: "No technology in our history has spread as fast as computers and their digital technologies. In How Societies Embrace Information Technology, leading IT authority James Cortada examines how this phenomenon is shaping contemporary society, focusing on the role of corporations and governments. By revealing what history teaches about the adoption of information technologies, Cortada prepares business and government leaders to spot new trends and successfully develop strategies for implementing and managing emerging technologies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the big picture; title: How computers spread around the world so fast; title: How governments leverage information technologies to improve their national economies; title: How managers and officials decide what technology to use; title: Adding up the results so far : do we now live in the information age?; title: An expanding role for scientists and engineers; title: Looking down the road into the twenty-first century; title: Keeping up : bibliographic essay.