Description
The main scope of this book is to show how IT has created a new mandate for Management as a whole, in order to develop new business models and frameworks based on the important role IT has in these fields of knowledge. The chapters within IT-Based Management: Challenges and Solutions tackle the role and impact of IT on Strategy as well as the resulting new models to be used in this context and takes a glimpse at the major transformations IT has brought about in the way corporations need to be managed. In addition, the book proposes new models based on the pervasive role IT exercises in the current business arena.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Luiz Joia (Ed.)
Luiz Antonio Joia is an Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator of the MBA Program at Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration - Getulio Vargas Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also an Adjunct Professor of Rio de Janeiro State University. He is B.Sc. in Engineering from the Militar Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, M.Sc and D.Sc. in Production Engineering from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and post-graduated in Management Studies – Oxford University. He has published widely in international journals like: Internet Research, Journal of Workplace Learning, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Journal of Knowledge Management. He serves as a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Intellectual Capital, MCB University Press. He consulted with the World Bank from 1999 to 2000.