Motivating GIS-Based Organizational Change Part 1

Author: Bruce A Joffe
Organization: GIS Consultants

1615 Broadway, Suite 415
Oakland, CA 94612
USA

Phone: 510-238-9771
Fax: 510-654-0196
GIS.Consultants@joffes.com

When it was new, GIS appeared on the horizon like a sunrise, illuminating the future with promise and potential. As the technology matures, more people "wake up" to see GIS as a tangle of technology, applications, and problems to solve. This paper reviews successful methods to motivate organizational change that improve operations utilizing GIS.