1st Edition

Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

230 Pages

by Routledge

230 Pages

by Routledge

230 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1997, this book puts information management in the context of technology transfer, industrialization and national development. As well as showing the necessity for the efficient use of information resources, the book also examines the costs of poor information management in undermining negotiation, the preparation of contingencies and the ability to let go of 'dead... Read more

Part 1: Reconceptualizing Development 1. The Framework for Development

2. The Cost of Misconceptions

3. Self-Reliance and Information Management

4. An Information Management-Based Approach to Technology Transfer

5. Using the Conceptual Framework of Information Science

Part 2: Strategic National Information Management

6. Research Methodology Considerations

7. The Kenyan National Power Alcohol Programme

8. The Kenyan National Car Project, 1984-1990

9. Parallel Activities Important to the National Car Project

Part 3: Policy Implications and Tactics for Change

10. Institutional Reorientation and Attitude Changes