Douglas, Bruce,  1952- <br/><br/>
Achieving business success with GIS / 
Bruce Douglas. 
 - Chichester, England ;  Hoboken, NJ :  Wiley,  ©2008. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 156 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Achieving Business Success with GIS; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Spatial Information Industry; 3 Introducing the Elements of a GIS Strategy; 4 Developing the Business Focus; 5 Developing the Data/Information Focus; 6 Developing the Organisational Focus; 7 Developing the Application and Technology Focus; 8 Developing a GIS Strategy; 9 Cost/Benefit Analysis/Return on Investment; 10 Selecting a GIS; 11 Implementing GIS; 12 The Best and the Worst; 13 Closing Remarks; Glossary; Index. 
<br/><br/> Written at a practical level, suited to the business audience, this exceptional book explores the business environment of making GIS successful. It applies academic rigor to practical and commercial implementation issues and offers viewpoints from all parties involved in GIS implementation. Achieving Business Success with GIS provides tangible advice ranging from technical and financial to organizational and commercial. It is unique in that it does not stop short of providing, without hype or embellishment, practical advice and real examples regarding the total cost of ownership of a project o. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470985588 0470985585 9780470985595 0470985593 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1002/9780470985595  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> OverDrive, Inc.  http://www.overdrive.com 75E61804-4285-47DA-A5F5-2698E4BB2C9C  OverDrive, Inc.  http://www.overdrive.com 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014015947  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geographic information systems--Management.<br/>Information technology--Management.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management Science.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Organizational Behavior.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industrial Management.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management.<br/>Geographic information systems--Management.<br/>Information technology--Management.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G70.212  / .D68 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.05