Information Space: A Framework for Learning in Organizations, Institutions and CultureIn this book, Max Boisot lays the foundation for a new political economy of information to effectively meet today's needs. Information Space is the conceptual framework in which organizations, institutions, and cultures are being transformed by new information and communication technologies. This book proposes a radical shift in the way we approach the emerging information age and the implications it holds for societies, organizations, and individuals. |
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... Marxism - Leninism might be a foreign borrowing , but , now augmented and indigenized as Mao Zedong thought , it would take China beyond merely playing ' catch - up ' with the west ; through a powerful new philosophy it would also ...
... Marxism - Leninism might be a foreign borrowing , but , now augmented and indigenized as Mao Zedong thought , it would take China beyond merely playing ' catch - up ' with the west ; through a powerful new philosophy it would also ...
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... Marxism - Leninism , the intellectual elixir which would allow advanced capitalist countries - and most notably Germany - to progress and move beyond the last level of ' antagonistic ' historical stages and to enter into their communist ...
... Marxism - Leninism , the intellectual elixir which would allow advanced capitalist countries - and most notably Germany - to progress and move beyond the last level of ' antagonistic ' historical stages and to enter into their communist ...
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... Marxism - Leninism , or a looser arrangement in which some economic decentralization is offered in return for continued political control by the centre . Economic pragmatism has in effect become the order of the day : as we have seen ...
... Marxism - Leninism , or a looser arrangement in which some economic decentralization is offered in return for continued political control by the centre . Economic pragmatism has in effect become the order of the day : as we have seen ...
Contents
Orienting thoughts on information | 9 |
The structuring of information | 39 |
The sharing of information | 93 |
Copyright | |
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