Intranets: What's the Bottom Line? [Paperback]

Randy J. Hinrichs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

Designed for management use, this book offers an overview of the basics of intranets, their components and applications. It then introduces the relationship of intranet and internet corporate applications, showing how to use a Web server and other critical components. In particular, it shows how to analyze the costs and benefits of intranet technologies. Application of intranets in sales, engineering, manufacturing and human resources are covered, and the book also includes case studies.

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From the Back Cover

Presents an executive overview of the basics of intranets, their components and applications. Introduces the relationship of intranet and Internet corporate applications. Shows how to choose a Web server and other critical components, and how to analyze the costs and benefits of intranet technologies. Describes the organizational skills and people issues surrounding intranets. Includes detailed coverage of intranet applications in sales, engineering, manufacturing and human resources, as well as case studies.For executive and middle management, as well as IS professionals involved in, or considering intranets. For computer science students interested in an up-to-date overview of the intranet revolution.

Product Details

• Paperback: 421 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0138411980
• ISBN-13: 978-0138411985
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,447,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ran Hinrichs was born in Washington State. He is CEO of 2b3d, a virtual worlds company dedicated to moving protons, not people. 2b3d is an award winning innovator in virtual worlds in health care, education and usability. His first two books pioneered Web Page Design and Intranets spanning a career in emerging software technology at Microsoft Research and Sun Microsystems, including multimedia learning processes, relationship systems, and large-scale information collection and mining. He is on the iSchool faculty at the University of Washington specializing in virtual worlds research and certification.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From a collaborator..., June 15, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Intranets: What's the Bottom Line? (Paperback)

This is a valuable book for corporate managers who want to establish a company-wide intranet -- or make the one they have far more effective. While not skirting technical issues, neither is it a How-To reference, plenty of which already exist. Instead, it's more of a Why-Should-I-Bother manual.

In the introduction, author Randy Hinrichs states: "My bottom line is that intranets are about people empowerment, not technology. Almost all the intranet resources I reviewed were concerned with technical discussions. The core issues of knowledge creation, collaboration, communication, and information sharing are hardly ever mentioned."

That situation is nicely remedied by this volume's focus on the human factors that can make intranet technology a crucial resource for organizations -- or prevent it from working altogether.

Disclaimer: I am one of the people interviewed in the book and I love what Randy did with our many conversations.

Your mileage may therefore vary as to how objective I am in saying: buy it now!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Text for the Planning and Implmentation of an Intranet, January 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Intranets: What's the Bottom Line? (Paperback)

Good content and well layed-out. Easy to use and very comprehensive. Valuable for those planning their intranets.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intranets are about people; so, January 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Intranets: What's the Bottom Line? (Paperback)

in my opinion this is a very good book (and there are not many out there) which deals with the empowerment of people and the organisational aspects of intranets. Guess its one of the better works on this field.