ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 B4017

    Title

 Wrench In The System

    Author

 Hambrose Harold

    Publisher

 John Wiley & Sons Inc.

    ISBN

 978-0-470-41343-2

     Summary

In this groundbreaking book, technology designer Harold Hambrose shows executives and managers how to turn underperforming digital assets into powerhouse systems—how to specify small changes that dramatically boost productivity, how to reduce training costs, and how to ask vendors the right questions. Information technology is still in its adolescence, and Hambrose explains that because the industry has grown so quickly, it’s still in an awkward phase. Software manufacturers have been in such a rush to add new features that they haven’t paid enough attention to the human beings who use their products. Most software systems are built to fulfill business requirements and technical specifications, But often they fail to meet expectations because they aren’t designed to anticipate human needs. As a result, much of our most powerful business software is ineffective and underutilized.