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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: After all the hype I'd looked forward to this book. However, it was a real disappointment.When he wasn't contradicting himself he was rewriting sections of his own or other's work. There were no new concepts or ideas in here, nor much about what you were supposed to do with the ones he did suggest. It sort of read like a Tom Peters book, only without the energy, enthusiasm or vision. Bottom line: avoid.
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Summary: Very Useful
Review: As a manager of a small (currently) catalog start-up, I was searching for an up to date book that neatly summarized using "virtual techniques" to streamline business operations. It was slow reading since I came up with so many ideas to apply and needed to take notes. I am writing this review since a rating of 2 that I saw here greatly suprised me. I found Martin's style to my liking
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Summary: Avoid at all costs
Review: I have many of Martin's other books and I found this one is not worth reading. It has very flowery language, poor composition and lacks depth in the subject matter. Martin does a disservice to the Internet and to his readers. Bottom line - avoid at all costs. Sorry.
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Summary: Not very Useful
Review: Martin provides nothing new here. He talks of the 'Cybercorp, however this is the "virtual organization" of which there exists many other better titles and books available on this subject
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Summary: Good start point to help understand changing business milieu
Review: Most businesses owners/operators do not understand the basic shifts of the business industry caused by Information Technology. The Cybercorp gives a cognative understanding of the shifts and how to begin using IT. A start point for novices
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Summary: An insightful view of IT & Net's Impact on Org Culture
Review: Provided an in-depth discussion of trends in the information technology industry and their impact on organizational culture. The book is a little dated. However, the topics are very insightful.
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Summary: A little dated but very insightful.
Review: Provided an in-depth discussion of trends in the information technology industry and their impact on organizational culture. The book is a little dated. However, the topics are very insightful.
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Summary: The Future of the Internet
Review: The Internet is still up for grabs in the sense that nobody knows what this beast will look like when fully grown. Even with all the development, like the World Wide Web and such, it is still a "your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine" kind of situation. But there are still some guesses that are better and more educated than the regular coffeeshop talk, and James Martins may have it. In Cybercorp, Martins delves into the full spectrum of the Internet from an emerging phenomenon to its future growth. At various times reading the book, I was either scared or excited about the implications that the Internet has and will have on the business environment. The business or commercial model that we've grown to love is in for some major overhaul as the information era moves finance to the digital arena. You may argue that much of the finance industry is already in the electronic domain, but we've only just pulled the tail of the grizzly. Currently, corporations are using the Internet more as appendages; the cybercorp revolution will see more corporations fully digesting the benefits of the Internet, making electronic communication its central nervous system. This system will totally alter and engender hybrid management techniques. Cybercorps will have streamlined production, distribution and management sectors that make decisions with immediate effect, leaving no chance for backlogs and production bottlenecks. For instance, a grocery store is almost running out of soft drinks. The system in place would electronically recognise the shortage and communicate with a wholesaler for renewal of stock. Failing to receive a timely reply from the wholesaler, the cybercorp computer system would contact the next available supplier till the order can be signed, sealed and delivered. Martins starts off with concise explanations of Web servers and Internet security; but this is just a launch pad for explicit business scenarios and management philosophies. For that matter, it's an essential read for managers and business people trying to peek at what's ahead. Although pack full of information, Cybercorp is rather cryptic in the sense that Martins doesn't baby you with leading introductions. Rather, it's sink-or-swim therapy; if you can keep your head above the water, you'll reap the benefits of Martins' aerial perspective on the future of the corporate structure.
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Summary: This contains lots of enlightening ideas on the future
Review: This book contains lots of enlightening ideas on what the future corporations will look like. The center of the idea is the 'virtual corporation' which is said to be enabled by the internet. Other ideas such as value stream, reengineering, core competence are also presented. Above all, this is easy to read. I liked this book very much.
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Summary: An insightful view of IT & Net's Impact on Org Culture
Review: This book is interesting from several different perspectives, however its primary aim is to help senior managers think about the impact of IT and the internet on their organizational culture. Yet, it is also fasinating for business historians and students to see how one of the top management thinkers of our time viewed the internet back in _1996_! While the precise notions about the emerging internet seem well dated, the concepts and perspectives the author provides about the impact of IT and the internet on organizational culture are as fresh as ever. This is important reading for those students and practitioners in organizational behavior and improvement - and for managers and leaders with the same concern. If you can rise about the charmingly and insightfully dated notions about the internet circa 1996, this remains an important book!
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