Information Technology and Societal Development [Hardcover] Andrew Targowski

Targowski, Andrew

ISBN 10: 1605660043 / ISBN 13: 9781605660042

Published by Information Science Reference, 2008

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Information Science Reference, 2008. Fine/No Jacket. Large hardcover with white glossy covers with green spine. 11.5x8.5 with 444 pp including index. Seller Inventory # 134643

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Title: Information Technology and Societal ...

Publisher: Information Science Reference

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

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Synopsis:

Latent in the current environment of rapid technological advances are breakthroughs waiting to be discovered that will have profound impacts on how organizations will cope with the direction civilization is taking. Information Technology and Societal Development examines in depth the full range of impacts of information technology on civilization and the development of societies. Uniquely broad in the scope of examining the societal implications of informational technology, this groundbreaking reference work makes an essential contribution to research libraries worldwide.

About the Author:

Andrew Targowski was engaged in the development of social computing in totalitarian Poland (INFOSTRADA and Social Security # for 38 million citizens-PESEL, 1972) and received political asylum in the U.S. during the crackdown on solidarity in 1981. He has been a professor of business information systems at Western Michigan University since 1980. He published 21 books on information technology, history, and political science (Red Fascism, 1982) in English and Polish. During the 1990s, he was a director of the TeleCITY of Kalamazoo Project, one of the first digital cities in the U.S. He investigates the role of information-communication in enterprise, economy, and civilization. He is a president of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations and a former chairman of the Advisory Council of the Information Resources Management Association (1995-2003).