The New Management Challenge: Information Systems for Improved Performance (Uwist/Croom-Helm Management and New Technology Series)

"This volume, first published in 1988, examines the challenge to management which is posed by ever more sophisticated applications of information technology. It reports on cases of actual practice, and seeks to draw lessons from these experiences which will be of practical value to managers and their advisers. The book will also be a useful source of ideas, experience, and examples to students of economics, business studies, and management."--Provided by publisher MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 8 List of Figures and Tables 10 Notes on Contributors 11 Preface 14 1. The New Management Challenge: Information Systems for Improved Performance 16 2. Confidence, Visibility and Performance; the Effects of Shared Information in Computer-aided Hotel Management David 32 3. Senior Managerial Roles in the Context of Direct Computer Use 45 4. Manufacturing Information Systems at the Crossroads 54 5. Information Management in an Industrial Environment 64 6. New Technology — New Problems: the Knowledge Gap Between Management and Computing 73 7. The Role of Computerised Information Systems in Developing Organisational Structure 86 8. Constructing Organisational Forms for Flexible Computing 100 9. Organisational Choice in the Redesign of Supervisory Systems 114 10. New Techniques for Recording Time at Work: Their Implications for Supervisory Training and Development 126 11. Towards a New Framework for Helping Managers to Deal with Technical Change 139 12. Developing Managers to Meet the New Challenges 148 Index 155 This book, first published in 1993, challenges the accepted and practised methods organizations use to set standards of performance and quantify their achievements. Using in-depth case studies, John Argenti compares the performance of companies with that of non-profit making organizations to reveal remarkable insights into corporate culture. He notes how companies meticulously evaluate their performance, yet behave poorly in society while, in stark contrast, these actions are reversed in non-profit making organizations. Your Organization: What Is It For? is essential reading for everyone who exercises the role of governance and is responsible for the overall performance and conduct of their organization This study, originally published in 1972, presents a critical, in-depth survey of the organization of marketing activity in the United Kingdom. This report of practice in over 500 major British firms provides some enlightening information and allows certain objective bench-marks to be established for practical guidance. By analysing and presenting clearly the dynamics of organization structure, the authors seek to develop an understanding of marketing's task within the business and its interaction with other aspects of the organization. The result in a catalyst to the realistic and profitable understanding of marketing development "The 53 volumes in this set, originally published between 1955 and 1996, draw together research by leading academics in the area of management and provides a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine management techniques, managing for profit and non-profit organisations, and management training and development. This set will be of particular interest to students of Business Studies."--Provided by publisher In this valuable and realistic study the contributors look at the implications of information technology from the point of view of practising managers.