Originally published in 1997, this book puts information management in the context of technology transfer, industrialization and national development. As well as showing the necessity for the efficient use of information resources, the book also examines the costs of poor information management in undermining negotiation, the preparation of contingencies and the ability to let go of 'dead projects'. The book includes case studies of two technology transfer projects in Kenya are included.
Autorentext
Onyango, Richard
Inhalt
Part 1: Reconceptualizing Development 1. The Framework for Development
2. The Cost of Misconceptions
3. Self-Reliance and Information Management
4. An Information Management-Based Approach to Technology Transfer
5. Using the Conceptual Framework of Information Science
Part 2: Strategic National Information Management
6. Research Methodology Considerations
7. The Kenyan National Power Alcohol Programme
8. The Kenyan National Car Project, 1984-1990
9. Parallel Activities Important to the National Car Project
Part 3: Policy Implications and Tactics for Change
10. Institutional Reorientation and Attitude Changes
11. Issues of Terrain Transparency
12. Tactics for Change