Information Technology Agent of Change

Name: Information Technology Agent of Change
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ISBN: 9780521350358

ISBN-10: 0521350352

ISBN-13: 9780521350358

Edition: 1989

Authors: F. J. Murray Laver

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This book addresses the issues raised by the rapid advance of information technology (IT). IT is singularly pervasive: its applications affect people in all walks of life in a way that few other technologies do. The authors thesis is that it would be wise to become well informed about the capabilities and limitations of IT in order to make rational decisions on its use. The book gives a sufficient, non-technical, description of IT for non-specialist readers to appraise its potential and to evaluate critically proposals for new uses. The impact of IT in particular areas is examined and the influence on people and communities is soberly assessed. The book ends with an agenda for all…

Book details

List price: $146.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/11/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 196
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




With our eyes open



The ingredients of IT



This business of information



Economics and IT



Productivity, IT and employment



Safety and security



Matters of politics



Safe, and pleasant to use


Appendix


References


Index