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Information Management for Development Organisations Author Contents Links Other titles

Author

Mike Powell has worked on rural health programmes and emergency programme management in Latin America and Africa. He now works in the field of information management with local and international development organisations.

Contents

• Preface (PDF, 69K)
• Contents (PDF, 89K)
• 1: Introduction (PDF, 76K)
  Why read a book on information management?; Who is it for?; Structure of book
• 2: Information development and global change (PDF, 196K)
  An information society; Information, culture, and power; Impact on development
• 3: Strategic approaches to information management (PDF, 283K)
  What is meant by information and its management; Knowledge management; New working practices; Management choices; Thinking strategically

• 4: Management issues (PDF, 279K)
  Personal competencies; Management information; Information economics ; Tracking and understanding progress

• 5: Using knowledge: (PDF, 330K)
  Creating and using evidence; Information products; Diffusion, infusion, and linkage

• 6: Information architecture (PDF, 332K)
  What is an 'information architecture'?; What is an 'information architecture' for?; Understanding the 'information' involved; Adopting information architecture; Practical steps to developing your information architecture

• 7: Information and communications technologu (ICT) (PDF, 242K)
  Introduction; Practical uses of ICT; On-line services; Training and support; Strategic capacity; Potential disadvantages; Managing ICT

• Annotated bibliography (PDF, 102K)

• Appendices:
  1: Maps and diagrams (PDF, 177K);
  2: Supporting Web-to-email services (PDF, 85K)

Related links

Please note, inclusion of these links does not imply that Oxfam agrees with or endorses statements made or opinions expressed in external websites.

• EDC's Global Learning Group (GLG) promotes the more effective use of knowledge and information to support human development needs in countries around the world.

• HIF-net at WHO - the email discussion list for providers and users of health information in resource-poor settings.

• The Learning and Evaluation Action Program (LEAP) is an initiative to promote a coordinated and comprehensive approach to learning about the use of knowledge and ICTs in international development.

• Development Innovations and Networks

• Knowledge Sharing in Sustainable Development. This Think Tank focuses on the information dimensions of international development cooperation, illustrating how investments in 'knowledge' can strengthen the capacities of organisations.

• Information about the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva (Switzerland), 10-12 December 2003

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