CONTENIDO: The continuing need for a management focus in GIS -- Gepgraphic information science: evolution of a profession -- The role of geographic information within an organization`s IT -- Keeping the G in GIS: why geographic still matters -- GIS and the strategic planning process -- Economica justification for GIS implementation -- Sharing geographic information across organizational boundaries -- Metadata for geographic information -- Policy conlficts and the role of GIS: public participation and GIS -- Ensuring the qualifications of GIS professionals -- Legal issues in GIS -- Ethics for th GIS professional