This book provides an up-to-date study of the fundamental facets of supporting information technologies: organization and people, data and information, presentation of information, and process. To improve the effective use of human resources, it is necessary to capture the structure of an organization and the knowledge of people within the organization. Data can be processed to produce new information by either inferring hidden implications or summarizing a large volume of information into more manageable information units. Information may also be required to be presented using different...

John and Shawn are the best of pals. One day, Shawn was suddenly diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and has months left to live. Shawn gets hospitalised. Left with insufficient time, it is a race against time for both friends to spend as much time together before Shawn departs the planet altogether. Both friends decide to meet up every Sunday, at Shawn's hospital bed-side to discuss various issues in life. Before Shawn's life comes to a close, John managed to learn 7 vital lessons from Shawn. John's weekly meetings with Shawn dramatically improved John's life for the better. John rediscovered his...