Business re-engineering with information technology : sustaining your business advantage : an implementation guide / John J. Donovan.
By: Donovan, John J
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BookPublisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : PTR Prentice Hall, c1994Description: xix, 189 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0131259075; 0133110281.Subject(s): Information technology -- Management | Management -- Data processing | Management information systems | Reengineering (Management)DDC classification: 658.4038 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.4038 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00091260 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Written for top-level managers who want to accomplish a strategic goal of modern information systems, this text explains technical material in accessible language and provides an action plan for managers working with those who implement a new information structure. strategic software technology that creates a total Information Systems Environment; outlines a re-engineered information technology architecture; describes how to turn an information system from product-oriented to customer-oriented; shows how to use the client/server architecture to build an information system that on a horizontal level connects all the fragmented and vertical parts of the information system; explains how to use, add to and alter hardware and software that is already in place; and how to re-engineer a system so that it uses many vendors and connects varied and previously unconnected parts.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
The bottom line -- Today's reality: Organizations in crisis -- "Common sense" Solutions: Prescription for failure -- The correct business strategy: From high volume to high value -- A method for re-engineering your business processes -- IT strategy - A business framework -- Client-server technology: Architecture of empowerment that will work -- Step 1: Pilot system -- Step 2: Production system -- New ground: Meeting the challenge of change -- A look ahead: Technology weapons of the future -- Conclusion: A call to action.