Informatization and Disruptive Technologies

This chapter segues to the global informatization phenomenon and the constructs closely associated with it. It traces the evolution of global societies from agricultural to industrial to informational. It highlights differentiations between data, information, knowledge and wisdom and operationalizes these differentiations in the field of practice. It recounts experiences with informatization scholars Jussawalla and Konoshima in 1989 at the East West Center in Honolulu.