1st Edition
Information Technology in Context Studies from the Perspective of Developing Countries
320 Pages
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Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2001. A discussion of information technology (IT) in developing countries. The contributors can be considered to share the following set of broad premises: information and communication technologies, and related systems, have significant potential to aid the economic growth and improvement of social conditions in the developing world; however, such potential is... Read more
Introduction: IT in Developing Countries; I: Organisational Context; 1: Information Systems and Human Activity in Nepal; 2: The Role of Thai Values in Managing Information Systems: A Case Study of Implementing a MRP System; 3: On the Design of Management Assistance Systems for SMEs in Developing Countries; 4: Strategic Use of Information Technology Requires Knowing How to Use Information; 5: Development of a Technology Intelligence Information System in Mexico: A Case Study; 6: Getting Value from IT Investments: Experiences from Two Organisations; 7: What's in Information Technology? Issues in Deploying IS in Organisations and Developing Countries; II: Sectoral Context; 8: Health Information Systems in Mongolia: A Difficult Process of Change; 9: Made-in-Nigeria Systems Development Methodologies: An Action Research Project in the Health Sector; 10: Analysis of Wireless Health Care Information Systems in Developing Countries; 11: Institutional Intervention in the Adoption of Computer-based Information Systems (CBIS): The Case of the Nigerian Banking Industry; 12: Competitive Advantage in the Software Industry: An Analysis of the Indian Experience; III: Wider Context; 13: Information Technology, Information Systems and Public Sector Accountability; 14: Urbanisation and Megacities in Developing Countries: The Management Challenge; 15: Local Language Software in South Asia; 16: Managing Roadblocks to the ECOWAS Trade Statistics Network; 17: Information Technology in Africa: The Policy of the World Bank; 18: Information and Communication Technology Policy in Africa: A Critical Analysis of Rhetoric and Practice; 19: IT, Globalisation and Cultural Diversity
Biography
Chrisanthi Avgerou, Geoff Walsham, Chrisanthi Avgerou, Geoff Walsham
