Information Overload: A System for Better Managing Everyday Data (Microsoft Executive Leadership Series)

✍ Scribed by Guus Pijpers

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 221
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

World-class guidance on using information to achieve better performance Examining the characteristics of information and the latest findings in cognitive science, this book shows how the mind works, how it can be used to think optimally about your business, and how to improve business performance with better information management practices. Provides the process and tools necessary to identify this information and how to remember it, and how to better use the people around you to obtain the best information Reveals how to handle all of the hundreds of pieces of information received daily Provides case studies as well as checklists that show managers how to implement the methodology presented in the book Innovative and ahead of its time, this book helps you take control of all the information that enters your life, get better informed, and have more time for the important issues you face within your business.

✦ Table of Contents

Information Overload: A System for Better Managing Everyday Data......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 19
PART I: THE PRINCIPLES......Page 21
CHAPTER 1: INFORMATION ON INFORMATION......Page 23
MEANING OF INFORMATION......Page 25
CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMATION......Page 26
ATTRIBUTES OF INFORMATION......Page 32
A DEFINITION OF INFORMATION......Page 35
VALUE OF INFORMATION......Page 36
NOTES......Page 37
CHAPTER 2: A LOT OF INFORMATION......Page 39
CONCEPT OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD......Page 41
DEFINITIONS OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD......Page 42
COLLECTING MANIA......Page 43
COLLECTING STRATEGIES......Page 44
BARRIERS TO INFORMATION USE......Page 45
SYMPTOMS OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD......Page 47
CAUSES OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD......Page 49
INFORMATION OVERLOAD TODAY......Page 51
NOTES......Page 52
CHAPTER 3: BRAIN MATTERS......Page 55
HISTORY OF OUR BRAIN......Page 56
BRAIN FACTS......Page 57
BRAIN METAPHORS......Page 60
TYPES OF MEMORY......Page 61
REMEMBERING AND RECALLING......Page 63
LEFT BRAIN VERSUS RIGHT BRAIN......Page 71
DREAMING......Page 72
MIRRORING......Page 73
CHAPTER 4: WE PEOPLE......Page 75
SOME OBSERVATIONS......Page 77
INFORMATION BEHAVIOR......Page 79
INFORMATION BEHAVIOR THEORIES......Page 80
CONCLUSION......Page 88
NOTES......Page 89
PART II: IN PRACTICE......Page 91
CHAPTER 5: INFORMATION PROFILE......Page 93
A PERSON’S BACKGROUND......Page 95
INFORMATION APTITUDE......Page 98
INFORMATION ATTITUDE......Page 102
INFORMATION HANDLING......Page 105
CONCLUSION......Page 109
NOTES......Page 110
SENSITIVE INFORMATION......Page 111
MIXED FEELINGS......Page 115
FOOD FOR THOUGHT......Page 119
BRAIN MUSCLES......Page 123
PAY ATTENTION......Page 125
REMEMBER TO REMEMBER......Page 129
REMEMBER TO FORGET......Page 135
STOP!......Page 137
NOTES......Page 139
SEARCH AND FIND......Page 141
SAVE EVERYTHING......Page 144
ORDER, PLEASE......Page 146
FILTER......Page 149
INFORMATION PRUNING......Page 151
NOTES......Page 154
LEARN SMARTER......Page 155
INFORMATION PRODUCTIVITY......Page 160
SMART INFORMATION WORKERS......Page 163
TECHNOLOGY SMART......Page 166
NOTES......Page 170
COMMUNICATE INFORMATION......Page 171
STORYTELLING......Page 177
PICTURE PERFECT......Page 181
NAVIGATING THE INFORMATION SEA......Page 184
NOTES......Page 186
SMART PEOPLE......Page 187
MANAGING INFORMATION WORKERS......Page 191
TIMING IS EVERYTHING......Page 199
SEASONED CITIZENS......Page 202
NOTES......Page 204
REFERENCES......Page 205
INDEX......Page 211