The Information Jungle

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Today's information age presents you with a challenge—how to gather, sort, store, select, display, and report the information you need to become a more productive and effective manager. With the quantity and complexity of information growing daily, you need quick access to only the most relevant information for the decision at hand.
The Information Jungle is the first comprehensive source to show you the major techniques of computer-assisted knowledge management. Holsapple and Whinston use an ongoing case study to demonstrate how each technique can be used to process information and other types of knowledge with special emphasis on how to integrate the techniques for successful managerial problem solving.
The authors do not assume that you have prior computer experience; The Information Jungle is written for the novice as well as veteran computer users. An introductory section gets you up to speed on hardware and software basics then the authors show you how to jump right... Tovább

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Today's information age presents you with a challenge—how to gather, sort, store, select, display, and report the information you need to become a more productive and effective manager. With the quantity and complexity of information growing daily, you need quick access to only the most relevant information for the decision at hand.
The Information Jungle is the first comprehensive source to show you the major techniques of computer-assisted knowledge management. Holsapple and Whinston use an ongoing case study to demonstrate how each technique can be used to process information and other types of knowledge with special emphasis on how to integrate the techniques for successful managerial problem solving.
The authors do not assume that you have prior computer experience; The Information Jungle is written for the novice as well as veteran computer users. An introductory section gets you up to speed on hardware and software basics then the authors show you how to jump right into the management of:
• descriptive knowledge, using text management, data base management, and ad hoc inquiry techniques
• presentation knowledge, with forms management, customized report generation, and graphics
• procedural knowledge, using spreadsheet analysis and programming
• reasoning knowledge, using expert system rule management
Using numerous figures, computer screen photos, and printouts, The Information Jungle gives you an in-depth understanding of computer-based knowledge management that will help you more productively handle your most important corporate resource—knowledge. Vissza