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Tables of Contents for The Intelligent Manager
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
viii
chapter one YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION?
1
22
Is there really an information revolution?
3
3
How does it feel?
6
4
Bankable cornerstones
10
8
The new hunter-gatherers-or the rise of the information champion
18
5
chapter two SOME MIGHTY CHALLENGES IN THE INFORMATION AGE
23
30
Changing times: changing minds
25
4
1 Control as a thing of the past
29
4
2 Is there value in the information age?
33
2
3 The wrong people for the job
35
3
4 The volume of information
38
1
5 Increasing distances
39
2
6 Incredible shrinking personal space
41
4
7 How to keep information private
45
2
8 How to keep information secure
47
1
9 How to remain "dependence free"
47
1
10 How to establish common standards
48
1
11 How to keep visual personalities intact
49
1
The big picture
50
3
chapter three MODELS FOR THE INFORMATION AGE
53
24
Models in the sand
55
1
Max Boisot-cultural anthropology
56
1
An alternative model of information cultures
57
2
The open systems approach
59
2
From data to information to knowledge
61
2
The technical perspective-coded messages
63
2
The input-output model
65
7
Moving along the virtual value chain
72
5
chapter four THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES...
77
22
Current developments
80
2
The virtual organization
82
5
Flowering infrastructures
87
2
Growing interdependence
89
4
Learning organizations
93
4
Smart products
97
2
chapter five BEHAVIORAL SKILLS FOR THE INFORMATION AGE
99
24
Introduction
101
1
The challenges
101
8
The Skills
109
1
The gateway skills
109
9
A letter from the information age
118
5
chapter six SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR THE INFORMATION CHAMPION
123
28
Introduction
125
2
Using information sources effectively
127
4
Sifting through the welath of information
131
2
The new decison-making
133
3
Communicating information effectively
136
2
Championing learning
138
2
Networking skills
140
2
Another letter form the information age
142
9
chapter seven CREATING ORGANIZATIONS FIT FOR AN INFORMATION REVOLUTION
151
20
They come in all shapes and sizes
153
1
Some organizational paradigms
154
17
chapter eight ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS FOR THE INFORMATION AGE--THE DILEMMAS
171
26
Introduction
173
1
The dilemmas
174
18
The concept of organizational skills
192
5
chapter nine ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS FOR THE INFORMATION AGE
197
23
Introduction
199
1
The need for vision
199
9
Deisgn, develop, and use systems and technology
208
3
Grow and develop people
211
3
Advanced information handling skills-sharing, filtering, and adding meaning
214
1
A new set of roles
215
1
Appropriate reward systems
215
2
In real life
217
3
Understanding the language: some words and ideas explained
220
10
Short words: big meanings
230
12
Index
242