1st Edition

Business, Information Technology and Society

By Stephen D Tansey Copyright 2003
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This comprehensive volume introduces the nature and the impact of the new information and communication technologies on business and society. Emphasizing the global impact, it draws upon examples from the USA, Europe, and Japan as well as the newly industrialized countries of the Pacific Rim. Applying a systems thinking approach, author Stephen D. Tansey covers: the environment of computing... Read more
Introduction Part 1: The Environment of Computing 1. The IT Industry and the Information Economy 2. Government and the Information Economy 3. Regulating Computing Part 2: The Work Place and IT 4. IT and Organizations 5. IT and Jobs Part 3: IT and the Environment 6. IT and Society: The Need for Choice

Biography

Stephen Tansey is Associate Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Politics at Bournemouth University. Author of the Routledge book, Politics, The Basics a best seller now in its second edition. He has been teaching Information Technology and Business for twenty years.