Dear Colleagues

Apologies for cross postings. 

I have the following for review: 

- Hinton, Matthew (2005) ‘INTRODUCING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT' ISBN 0-7506-
6668-4 Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann

“Ever wondered why IT investments have failed to produce the expected 
returns or led to unintended outcomes? Read this book, and you’ll get many 
of the answers you’re looking for!”
-	Bob Galliers, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, 
Bentley College, USA

There are many wider issues concerned with managing broader information 
resources which transcend the narrow focus on simple technology 
management.  This book provides a set of readings which aim to bridge the 
gap between the hard and soft aspects of this debate.  It provides a clear 
and concise overview covering the key aspects of infrastructure, design, 
information assets and managing information.

* Part 1 explores the diversity and changing nature of managing the 
information management function.
* Part 2 investigates the role of information as an organizational 
resource.
* Part 3 focuses on ‘managing organizational data and information’ and 
includes the main ways that organizational data is managed prior to 
decision marking activity.
* Part 4 examines the role of information management in organizational 
strategy and change.  This establishes that the complexity of the 
information management challenge increases considerably when it penetrates 
to the heart of an organization’s activity.

CONTENTS:
Contributors; Introducing Information Management: the business approach; 
Part 1: Introduction: Managing the Information Management Function 
(Hinton) – Managing information in modern organizations (Hinton); 
Organizing and leading the information technology function (Applegate, 
McFarlan and McKenney); Part 2: Introduction: Information as an 
Organizational Resource (Hinton) – Data, capta, information and knowledge 
(Checkland and Holwell); The process of information management (Hinton); 
The processes which information systems support (Checkland and Holwell); 
Organizations and information (Orna); Part 3: Introduction: Managing 
Organizational Data and Information (Hinton)) – Generic types of 
information systems (Hinton); Business information systems (O’Brien); 
Information systems for human resource applications (Bee and Bee); 
Distributed systems, EDI and the organization (Curtis and Cobham); Part 4: 
Introduction: Information Management in Organizational Strategy and Change 
(Hinton) – Strategy and information systems (Curtis and Cobham); The 
search for opportunity (Applegate, McFarlan and McKenny); The need for 
redesign (Robson); Investing in information technology (Hinton and Kaye); 
Index.
 
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Kind Regards


Amanda Arthur
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann