IT in Business: A Business Manager's Casebook

ISBN-13: 9780750639514 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 336 str.

David Targett; D. Targett; David Grimshaw

Opis

This text examines the impact of new IT initiatives from the business angle. The case material is derived from the year's best research projects from five leading UK business schools - Bath, Cranfield, Imperial College, Manchester and Warwick.

Spis treści

Competition and Business Impact: Pinnacle Housing and Direct Let; Demaglass Ltd; Johnsons News Limited; Tesco; Department of health; Technology opportunities for the music industry: Information Systems Planning; Improving the development of IS strategies in a lage multinational; An IS strategy proposal for the European Division of BP Acetyls; Strategic aspects of business process reengineering (BPR) - UK experiences; IT-based business process redesign: theoretical foundations, examples and critical assessment: Managing the IS Resource; Driving IS strategy at an SME; Managing the IS function in a major utility; Ensuring the disaster recovery planning process delivers business continuity - the experience of a major UK retail bank; Electronic requisitioning at an electricity generator - a case study of IS failure: Communications and Information; Experiences in using Lotus Notes; Appraising investment in IS infrastructure; the development of an EIS within a hospital trust - pitfalls and lessons; The 'Know How Fund' project database.

O autorze

David Targett, David J. Grimshaw, Philip Powell