TY  - BOOK
AU  - Douglas,Bruce
TI  - Achieving business success with GIS
SN  - 9780470985588
AV  - G70.212 .D68 2008eb
U1  - 658.05 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Geographic information systems
KW  - Management
KW  - Information technology
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Management Science
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Organizational Behavior
KW  - Industrial Management
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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