Interviewing Principles and Practices or Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s

Interviewing Principles and Practices

Author: Charles J J Stewart

Interviewing: Principles and Practices,clearly the leading text in this field,emphasizes building interviewing skills for both interviewers and interviewees,while also including the latest research findings and developments. After learning the basics of interviewing (chapters 1-4),this text then delves into specific types of interviews. Role-Playing Cases,found throughout the text,have the dual benefit of teaching and illustrating points.

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Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s: Research Studies

Author: Thomas J Allen

One of the most pathbreaking and influential business books of the 1990s is The Corporation of the 1990s by Michael Scott Morton. Its expert view of how information technology would influence organizations and their ability to survive and prosper in the 1990s has become the benchmark of thinking about information technology. Now, in a supporting companion volume, Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s makes available the research on which The Corporation of the 1990s was based. The research was conducted at the Sloan School of Management at MIT by the Management in the 1990s program. The program was funded by a group of 12 industrial and government sponsors from the United States and Britain which included American Express, Digital Equipment Corporation, Eastman Kodak, British Petroleum, MCI Communications, General Motors, U.S. Army, ICL Ltd., Internal Revenue Service, Ernst & Young, BellSouth, and CIGNA Corporation.

Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s aims to disseminate ideas on how organizations can manage the impact of information technology, and also to raise issues and stimulate further thought by both academics and professionals. The book is divided into three sections which cover the information technology revolution, strategic options, and organization and management responses.

Table of Contents:

1	An Economic Study of the Information Technology Revolution	5
2	Corporate Reform in American Manufacturing and the Challenge to Economic Theory	43
3	Electronic Markets and Electronic Hierarchies	61
4	An Assessment of the Productivity Impact of Information Technologies	84
5	Determining User Needs for Novel Information-based Products and Services	111
6	Innovative Cultures and Organizations	125
7	Compatibility Standards and the Market for Telecommunications Services	149
8	Electronic Integration and Strategic Advantage: A Quasi-Experimental Study in the Insurance Industry	184
9	Strategic Alignment: A Model for Organizational Transformation via Information Technology	202
10	Dimensions of IS Planning and Design Aids: A Functional Model of CASE Technology	221
11	Information Technology and Work Organization	249
12	Joint Venture Formations and Stock Market Reactions: An Assessment in the Information Technology Sector	276
13	Profit Centers, Single-Source Suppliers, and Transaction Costs	298
14	The Role of the CEO in the Management of Change: The Case of Information Technology	325
15	How Expectations About Microcomputers Influence Their Organizational Consequences	346
16	End User Computing in the Internal Revenue Service	368
17	Computer-aided Monitoring: Its Influence on Employee Job Satisfaction and Turnover	388
18	Toward the Perfect Work Place? The Experience of Home-based Systems Developers	410
19	Building a Competitor Intelligence Organization: Adding Value in an Information Function	430
20	Information Technology in Marketing	454
21	The Influence of Communication Technologies on Organizational Structure: A Conceptual Model for Future Research	475
22	Technological Innovation and Employment in Telecommunications	484
23	Employment Security at DEC: Sustaining Values amid Environmental Change	499
	Contributors	519
	Index	522