Introducing Information Management - T. D. Wilson

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Résumé :
Introduces the core topics and methodologies used in teaching Information management (IM), namely: information behaviour; environmental scanning and decision making; knowledge management; and information strategy. This book is useful for students on courses in library and information science, IM, information systems, and business management.

Biographie:
Dr T.D. Wilson is Professor Emeritus in Information Management, University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School and at Boras University College, Sweden. He is Publisher and Editor-in-chief of the electronic journal Information Research. Dr Elena Maceviciute is Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science at Boras University College, Sweden, and Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University, Lithuania. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Information Research and serves as Book Reviews Editor.

Sommaire:
PART A: GENERAL PAPERS 1. Information in organizations: directions for information management - Joyce Kirk 2. The development of the information management research area - Elena Maceviciute and T. D. Wilson 3. Business information culture: a qualitative study of the information culture in the Finnish insurance industry - Gunilla Widen-Wulff PART B: INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR 4. Determining organizational information needs: the critical success factors approach - Maija-Leena Huotari and T. D. Wilson 5. Critical success factors and information needs in industry: an Estonian study - Aiki Tibar 6. Experiencing information seeking and learning: research on patterns of variation - Louise Limberg PART C: ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING AND DECISION MAKING 7. Environmental scanning as information seeking and organizational learning - Chun Wei Choo 8. Scanning the business environment: from perceived environmental change to strategic change - Zita Correia and T. D. Wilson 9. Managerial information seeking and use behaviour: a case study of Singapore - Shrianjani M. (Gina) de Alwis and Susan Higgins 10. The balanced scorecard, strategy, information and intellectual capital - Judith Broady-Preston PART D: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 11. Knowledge management and information management: review of empirical evidence = France Bouthillier and Kathleen Shearer 12. 'The nonsense of knowledge management' revisited - T. D. Wilson PART E: INFORMATION STRATEGY 13. Information systems strategy formation in higher education institutions: lateral trust - David Allen 14. Healthcare information management and technology strategy: the story so far - Hugh Preston 15. National information infrastructure and the realization of the Singapore IT2000 initiative - Cheryl Marie Cordeiro and Suliman Al-Hawamdeh.

...a very good and stimulating reader that should appeal to researchers in the area and to professionals working with information issues. The reader would also be a fine and research based introduction to the area for students. It is highly recommended as a book presenting different approaches, theories and many very good case studies. - Journal of Documentation