Information Technology in Context: Studies from the Perspective of Developing Countries (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138733172 ISBN 13: 9781138733176

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

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 not released by simply transferring technologies and processes from advanced economies; in order to better serve development needs, people involved with the design, implementation and management of IT-related projects and systems in developing countries must improve their capacity to address the specific contextual characteristics of the organization, sector, country or region within which their work is located. The text thus emphasizes the importance of context in examining the role and value of IT in the developing countries. It focuses attention on the fusion of the activities of "professionals" (technical experts, managers, policy makers) and "users" (more broadly, all other groups affecting or affected by the technologies and systems), with the intention of facilitating locally meaningful and effective change.

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Chrisanthi Avgerou, Geoff Walsham

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138733172
• ISBN 13: 9781138733176
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Avgerou Chrisanthi, Walsham Geoff