Information technology and organisational change
Information technology and organisational change
Value Added Processes in Information Systems
Value Added Processes in Information Systems
Information Orientation: The Link to Business Performance
Information Orientation: The Link to Business Performance
Accounting for information: Information and knowledge in the annual reports of FTSE 100 companies
Journal of Information Science
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This article presents a brief history of the development of ideas about national and organizational information policies, from the first establishment of a UK Ministry of Information in the First World War to the present day. The issues and tensions that have characterized attempts to develop and implement policies on the national and organizational scale are discussed, with particular reference to: the power relations between the parties to them; the relative significance accorded to information technology and information content; the transition from formulating policy to acting on it; and the threats to the survival of those policies that get as far as implementation. In conclusion, the contribution to date of information science to the theory and practice of information policies is assessed, and suggestions are offered on directions for future efforts, in the light of the past of this interesting field.