Information at Work : Information Management in the Workplace.

Intro -- Title page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgement -- Contributors -- Foreword: Situating the role of information in the messy and complex context of the workplace -- 1 Work and information in modern society: a changing workplace -- Economic changes and information innovation -- Information technology and its impact on people -- Fragmentation -- Information technology and its impact on organizations -- Global trends -- Work information environments -- Perspectives on workplace information -- Models of workplace information1 -- Taylor's information use environments -- This book -- References -- 2 Information activities and tasks -- Introduction -- Data, information and knowledge - the fuel that drives information work -- About work and examples of work -- The workplace -- Deconstructing work -- Conclusion -- Future directions -- References -- 3 Information culture -- Introduction -- Defining information culture -- Information culture - factors and components -- Information culture research -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Information management -- Introduction -- Information management and the workplace -- Definition of information management -- Related concepts -- Conclusion: the future of information management and workplace information -- Note -- References -- 5 Information artefacts -- Introduction -- Theoretical underpinnings for information artefacts -- Key concepts: information source and information channel -- Use of information sources and channels -- Key concept: information tool -- Key concept: information system -- Information artefacts and information needs -- Conclusions: information artefacts, collegial inclusion and expertise in the workplace -- References -- 6 Information attributes -- Introduction -- Theoretical underpinnings -- Conclusion -- References.

7 Workplace information environment - challenges and opportunities for research -- Introduction -- Workplace Information Environment (WIE) -- Information and information use -- Expansion of the IUEs towards workplaces -- Expansion of the IUE beyond workplaces -- Expansion towards trajectory of time -- The keystone aspects -- Workplace Information Environments -- Future directions for workplace information research -- Concluding words -- References -- Index.

This book provides a comprehensive account of information in the modern workplace.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.