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People and Information
Pergamon General Psychology Series
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1970
- Editor: Harold B. Pepinsky
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 5 6 2 4 - 8
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 4 3 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 6 7 4 - 3
People and Information focuses on the problems in information-processing. The selection first takes a look at generalized information systems, including the composition of… Read more
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Request a sales quotePeople and Information focuses on the problems in information-processing. The selection first takes a look at generalized information systems, including the composition of generalized information systems; initial quantification of information transfer; quantitative consideration of information transfer; and decision making. The text surveys the problems in management development training programs. Concerns include managerial role competence; rationales of management training programs; and role competence in a foreign environment. The book describes the relationship of sociology and attitude of everyday life, including research conducted on this concern. The text also focuses on the factors that affect data-processing system development. Applications of data-processing in the courts, restricted access, delay, and methodology are explained. The book also evaluates the relationship between information-processing and political thoughts and actions. The selection is a vital reference for readers interested in information-processing.
Contents
Preface
Part I. General: Methodological and Expository
1. Generalized Information Systems: Consequences for Information Transfer
2. The Everyday World as a Phenomenon
3. The Twigging of Overload
4. Writing with a Helping Hand
Part II. Notable Particulars
5. When Competence Precedes Education, A Problem in Management Development Training Programs
6. Informing What We Make
7. Some Fringe Factors Affecting Data-Processing System Development
8. Psychological Help-Giving as Informed Definition of the Situation
Part III. Epilogue
9. Some Leaves from a Political Scientist's Notebook
Name Index
Subject Index
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1970
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080156248
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483124322
- eBook ISBN: 9781483156743