Every Manager's Guide to Information Technology: A Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts for Today's Business Leader

Keen, Peter G. W.

ISBN 10: 0875845711 / ISBN 13: 9780875845715

Verlag: Harvard Business School Press, 1994

Beschreibung

290 Seiten ex Library Book / aus einer wissenschafltichen Bibliothek / Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 969.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 229904

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Every Manager's Guide to Information Technology: A Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts for Today's Business Leader
• Verlag: Harvard Business School Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0875845711
• ISBN-13: 9780875845715
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2. Auflage
• Zustand: Gut

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Explains terms and concepts from adapter cards and business television to videoconferencing and wide area networks

Reseña del editor

Designed for every businessperson who wants to understand how information technology is used in business today. Not an exhaustive or comprehensive list, but a selective guide to 150 key terms and concepts. Provides a vocabulary of core IT terms, and explains their relevance to managers in easily understood language. Also puts these terms into context: instead of elaborating on how bugs and viruses work, cites famous examples of disastrous bugs and explains why they are an unavoidable part of the new technology. Instead of explaining the technical differences in operating systems like the OS/2 or UNIX, describes the key features and advantages of each. Includes an introductory essay that gives an excellent overview of information technology in the organization. Keen shows that just as managers must be familiar with basic accounting techniques or basic marketing principles, so too must they understand the basics of IT. They can no longer afford to simply delegate critical IT strategic decisions to technical professionals.