Information Overload : A System for Better Managing Everyday Data

by Pijpers, Guus

• ISBN13: 9780470625743
• ISBN10: 0470625740
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

World-class guidance on using information to achieve better performanceExamining the characteristics of information and the latest findings in cognitive science, this book shows how the mind works, how it can be used to think optimally about your business, and how to improve business performance with better information management practices. Provides the process and tools necessary to identify this information and how to remember it, and how to better use the people around you to obtain the best information Reveals how to handle all of the hundreds of pieces of information received daily Provides case studies as well as checklists that show managers how to implement the methodology presented in the bookInnovative and ahead of its time, this book helps you take control of all the information that enters your life, get better informed, and have more time for the important issues you face within your business.

Author Biography

GUUS PIJPERS (guuspijpers.com) is Managing Director of Acuerdis, a consulting company that offers business solutions to organizations that recognize the key role that information plays in organizational success. In addition, he is an Associate Professor of Information Behavior at TiasNimbas Business School in Tilburg, Netherlands, and an Academic Advisor at the Institute for Innovation and Information Productivity. He has over twenty-five years of extensive experience in information and information usage at every corporate managerial level, as chief information officer at Philips Electronics and a consultant and IT auditor at KPMG. He is currently working with a number of companies on programs aimed at implementing the new world of work for the people-ready business.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
The Principles
Information on Information	p. 3
History of Information
Meaning of Information
Characteristics of Information
Attributes of Information
A Definition of Information
Value of Information
Notes
A Lot of Information	p. 19
Concept of Information Overload
Definitions of Information Overload
Collecting Mania
Collecting Strategies
Barriers to Information Use
Symptoms of Information Overload
Causes of Information Overload
Information Overload Today
Notes
Brain Matters	p. 35
History of Our Brain
Brain Facts
Brain Metaphors
Types of Memory
Remembering and Recalling
Left Brain versus Right Brain
Dreaming
Mirroring
We People	p. 55
Some Observations
Information Behavior
Information Behavior Theories
Conclusion
Notes
In Practice
Information Profile	p. 73
A Person's Background
Information Attitude
Information Attitude
Information Handling
Conclusion
Notes
Mind Your Brain	p. 91
Sensitive Information
Mixed Feelings
Food for Thought
Brain Muscles
Brain at Work	p. 105
Pay Attention
Remember to Remember
Remember to Forget
Stop!
Notes
The Information Brain	p. 121
Search and Find
Save Everything
Order, Please
Filter
Information Pruning
Notes
Information at Work	p. 135
Learn Smarter
Information Productivity
Smart Information Workers
Technology Smart
Notes
Clever Communication	p. 151
Communicate Information
Storytelling
Picture Perfect
Navigating the Information Sea
Notes
People at Work	p. 167
Smart People
Managing Information Workers
Timing is Everything
Seasoned Citizens
Notes
References	p. 185
Index	p. 191
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