R. Montealegre, MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MODERNIZING AGAINST THE ODDS - LESSONS FROM AN ORGANIZATION IN A LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRY, Information & management, 34(2), 1998, pp. 103-116
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science",Management,"Computer Science Information Systems","Computer Science Information Systems
This case study of a Guatemalan sugar company focuses on management's
role in implementing information technology (IT) in less-developed cou
ntries. It shows that even where the intellectual skills required to u
se IT are very scarce, in the long. run the company may gain more from
'informating' its environment than from merely 'automating' its produ
ction processes. But the study also shows that managers must conscious
ly and actively develop these intellectual skills in workers. (C) 1998
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