Information Science in Action: System Design: Volume II

ISBN-13: 9789401080576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 864 str.

Anthony Debons

Spis treści

7: Impact.- United States Department of Agriculture Implements Scientific and Technical Information Policy by Management Action.- Gray Box, Black Box, Gold Box: A Recipe for Blending Man, Machine and Society.- Economics and Information Science.- Research, Integrity and Privacy—Notes on a Conceptual Complex.- Impacts of Information and Communication Systems in Developing Countries.- Humanizing Information Systems—The Designer’s Responsibility.- Measures and Models to Assess the Impact of Information on Complex Problem Solving.- Possible Technical and Social Impacts of Personal Computing.- Some Problems in Information Policy.- 8: Resources.- The Changing Structure of the Knowledge-Producing Labor Force.- Information Science, A New Discipline..- A “Social” Approach to Social Science Information.- Staffing for the Implementation of an Integrated Computer-Assisted Human Resource Planning System.- Toward a Paradigm for Education in Information Science.- The Development of Management Information Systems Programs in Schools of Business.- The Emerging Information Manager Professional.- V.- 9: Synopsis of Other Perspectives A. Knowledgment Management.- What Do We Know About the Scientific/Technical Information System.- National Systems Analysis of Scientific and Technical Communication.- B. Design.- Database Management and Information Systems.- The Applicability of Existing Measures of Effectiveness to Operational Information Systems.- Systems Design as Applied to Information Systems: Opportunities and Limitations.- The Need for Graphical Displays to Effectively Use Large Numerical Data Bases for Decision Making and Problem Solving.- C. Cognitive Processes Language.- Information System: Concepts and Constructs.- The Basic Notions of Semantics and the Possibility of Quantifying Over Meanings.- D. Social Issues.- Research, Integrity and Privacy: Some notes on a Conceptual Complex.- Systems Specifying Information Systems for Coping with Social Complexity.- The Information Economy: Implications for Education.- The Commercial Information Capability in the United States: Manufacturers, Distributors, Retailers and the Technologies.- E. Resources.- Required Resources to Support Information Science.- Technical Segment Addressed: Manpower.- VI.- Working Group Reports.- System Design.- Applications.- Impacts.- Resources.- List of Participants.- Author Index.