InfoThink: Practical Strategies for Using Information in Business

By Mary Woodfill Park

As the world of business shifts towards a knowledge economy the growing availability of information delivered in print and electronic media (through libraries, the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, online databases, multimedia packages) will require professionals well-versed in the methodologies of information thinking and knowledge of the practical resources available to them-people who can get the right information to the right person at the right time.

InfoThink provides a window on the complexities of the rapidly evolving information environment in the workplace, and on the prevailing ways people use and think about information in business. It is the result of research and interviews with executives, information professionals, and educators conducted over a three year period and reflects the changes occurring in methods of information availability and delivery. Interviewees provide personal and professional insights and strategies for retrieving and using information in their specialized professions. InfoThink also includes examples of the specific resources and tools used for planning and solving business problems in areas of business intelligence, legislative advocacy, credit and finance, information technology, investments, manufacturing, and public relations. Park examines education, training, and management issues and offers insight into the roles executives and information professionals play in adding value to the corporate or organizational information process.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810834243
• ISBN13: 9780810834248
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.8" x 5.7"

Customer Reviews

Right information at the right time

INfoThink is a book I would highly recommend to anyone who needs to find and use good information in today's working environments. The seventeen articulate and knowledgeable people Park has interviewed provide their different perspectives (their "infothink") on how they gather and convert information to action.As a computer teacher, I know that this book is valuable because it deals with information content, not just information technology. It provides insights into methodologies and processes that professionals use to make their decisions