Technological change and societal growth : analyzing the future /

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Coakes, Elayne, 1950- (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
HRM
Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-0200-7
Summary: "This book provides a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and technical gap within organizations and society at large"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (256 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781466602014 (ebook)
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: HD45
CLC: F113.4
Contents: 1. Exploring meaning: the implications of a hyphen for socio-technical theory and practice / Elayne Coakes and Jim Coakes -- 2. Designing visionary leadership teams / Martin Johnson -- 3. The change equation / Peter Duschinsky -- 4. Leveraging communities for sustainable innovation: a commentary / Elayne Coakes, Peter Smith and Dee Alwis -- 5. Affective factors for successful knowledge management / Peter Smith -- 6. Identifying competences in IT professionals through semantics / Ricardo Colomo-Palacios ... [et al.] -- 7. Think global, act local: how ICTs are changing the landscape in community development / Sylvie Albert and Don Flournoy -- 8. Towards a knowledge-based economy - the case of Botswana: a discussion article / Bwalya Kelvin Joseph -- 9. A framework for analyzing online communities: sponsor and member value proposition / M. Gordon Hunter and Rosemary Stockdale -- 10. Realising virtual reality: a reflection on the continuing evolution of new media / Allan McLay -- 11. Free, open, online help forums: convenience, connection, control, comfort, and communication / Carla van de Sande -- 12. A way out of the information jungle: a longitudinal study about a socio-technical community and informal learning in higher education / Isa Jahnke -- 13. The diverging effects of social network sites on receiving job information for students and professionals / Bart Rienties ... [et al.] -- 14. Performing Charlotte: a technique to bridge cultures in participatory design / Ann Light ... [et al.] -- 15. Achieving best practice manufacturing involving tacit knowledge through the cautious use of mixed-mode modeling / Miles G. Nicholls and Barbara J. Cargill.