Information strategy theory and practice

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Information strategy theory and practice

• Z.Karvalics Laszlo
• zkl_at_itm.bme.hu

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Information society archeology of meaning

• Social science ? incoherent political/public use
• (IC)Technology ? information and knowledge
• Pioneer countries ? Global Information Society
• Values and ideals ? Competitiveness
• Traditional planning methods ? import from the
  multinational companies

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Information society as

• a new industrial dominance/position
• Descriptive economic classification
• a post-industrial substance
• Political paradigm shift
• the pool of impacts of informatization
• Boom-survey
• the social image of the Future
• Anthropological prognostics
• environment for policy making
• a focus of a social (system) synthesis

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The real life

• HW ?
• SW
• System ?
• Information ?
• Knowledge ?
• Culture

• Information Industry Development
• Applications and services
• Infrastructure
• Content
• Education
• RD
• Creativity

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Before and IN the expansive Information Strategy

• Education Mass knowledge-production as strategic
  goal (1868-1997)
• Science The detonation (1930-1948) and the new
  lap (1958-1995)
• Library, Documentation, Governments The Dawn of
  Information Policy (1965-1986)
• Industry Programs for IT-Development (1967-1996)

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Five criteria of the Complete Information Strategy

• Comprehensive, nation-wide basic document
• Government-level coordination
• Operative "office" for the "fulfilment"
• Scientific background (institute, ad hoc
  committee, etc.)
• Pilot projects

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The Information Society competition (1995-2000)

• The average increase 600 points
• 5000 points roof the patterns of penetration
• Digital divide accelerating move away from the
  rest
• 10 years perspective to reach the turning point
• CEEC countries floating above the abyss

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Information Society development in the CEEC
countries

• 3 common strategic challenges
• Catching up
• Euro-atlantic integration
• Establishing open society
• Leaders in the region
• Slovenia
• Estonia
• (Budapest)

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CEEC countries where are the (possible)
advantages?

• Laboratory role growth of adaptation
• Cultural diversity in a multicultural environment
• The rise of the knowledge sector