The Corporation of the 1990s: Information Technology and Organizational Transformation

The Corporation of the 1990s: Information Technology and Organizational Transformation

by Lester C. Thurow (Foreword), Lester Thurow (Introduction), Lester C. Thurow (Foreword), Lester Thurow (Introduction), Michael S. Scott Morton (Editor)

Synopsis

This is the final report of a major research programme at the Sloan School. The programme was initiated in 1984, under extensive corporate sponsorship, to explore the influence of Information Technology (IT) on the way in which organizations will be able to survive and prosper in the competitive environment of the 1990s and beyond. The book contains an introduction by Michael Scott Morton, and covers the following topics: the IT platform, IT and strategic management, IT and the new organization, IT and human dynamics, and IT impact on organization change and implementation. Each chapter has been written in non-technical language, includes little or no research methodology, and begins with an Executive Summary. Contributors: Stuart E. Madnick, Joanne Yates, Robert I. Benjamin, Julio J. Rotemberg, Garth Saloner, N. Venkatraman, K. Hugh Macdonald, John F. Rockart, James E. Short, Paul Osterman, Robert B. McKersie, and Richard E. Walton.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 28 Mar 1991

ISBN 10: 0195063589
ISBN 13: 9780195063585

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This exhaustively researched volume should appeal to those managing the IT process. * Business Outlook and Economic Review *
well worth reading * ICL Technical Journal *
Author Bio

Michael S. Scott Morton is J.W. Forrester Professor of Management and Director of the Management in the 1990s Research Program at MIT's Sloan School of Management.