ABSTRACT

In this book, Richard Harper uses the International Monetary Fund as a case study to show how thinking differently about IT systems can dramatically improve the manageability and accessibility of documents in organisations. The systems he considers uses search and retrieval applications, the use of hypertext documents and shared database applications like Lotus Notes.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter |35 pages

What is a document?

chapter |42 pages

Designing ethnography

chapter |20 pages

A sketch of the Fund

chapter |21 pages

The use of information

chapter |16 pages

Desk officers

chapter |56 pages

A mission to Arcadia

chapter |29 pages

The use of a staff report

chapter |28 pages

Conclusion