ISBN:
9780415192101
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (272 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Valuing Technology : Organisations, Culture and Change
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A stimulating blend of the theoretical and substantive, this book demands a radical redefinition of 'technology acquisition'
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Key concepts and issues; Sociological perspectives; Structure of the book; The organisations; Theorising techno-organisational change; The technology organisation relation: settings and contexts; Information technology and organisational change; Organising uncertainty; Cultural contexts: valuing the technical and the instrumental; Changes in economic, policy and technological contexts; Conclusions; The construction and consumption of sociotechnology; The social and the technological
Description / Table of Contents:
The consumption of new technologyContinuing the construction of sociotechnologies, beginning the consumption process; Conclusions; Case studies in techno-organisational change; Closing and reopening the black box; The black box of the MAC system; Central local tensions over MAC; Conclusion: enrolling differentiated users in techno-organisational change; Professional identity in techno-organisational change; Enrolling professional projects during the purchase of PBS; Conclusion; Organisational culture and technological change; Organisational culture and technological change; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Gendering technological change: femininity and the construction of skillGendering skill; Femininity as subjective regulation; Retail supervisors; The Brodies family; Changing identities; Conclusion; Comparative analyses of techno-organisational change; Developing value: constructions of usability and utility; Job role and usability; Developing utility; Explaining the different experiences; Conclusion; Ending the acquisition process: stabilisation and incorporation; Signs of ending; Stabilisation and techno-organisational change; Stabilisation, incorporation and conversion
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion: technology as boundary objectConclusion; Implications for managing IT systems; Implications for theory; Appendix: methodology; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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