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, Geoffrey Lightfoot

Representing Organization : Knowledge, Management, and the Information Age

, Geoffrey Lightfoot - Representing Organization : Knowledge, Management, and the Information Age, e-bok

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This book is an attempt to bridge the gap between the abstractions of current theories of organization and the somewhat excessively grounded material that forms the bulk of literatures within the information systems and knowledge management communities. It provides a theoretically informed analysis of the organizational impact of information technologies by examining and commenting upon the myriad ways in which various actors, organizations, and environments are represented
through these technologies. It deploys a number of different theoretical lenses (including systems theory, social constructivism, labour process theory, post-structuralism, and actor network theory) that offer complementary and contrasting insights into the computerization of (managerial) work and its
administration, and uses these theories to consider real examples of the development and implementation of knowledge and information systems. - ;This textbook provides an accessible theoretical analysis of the organizational impact of information technologies.

It seeks to examine and comment upon the myriad ways in which actors, organizations, and environments are represented through these technologies. Contemporary threats to organizational form and stability are considered alongside the potential that information technologies offer to both exacerbate and overcome them. It examines, amongst others, issues surrounding the material and symbolic aspects of information systems; risk and prediction; systems implementation and systems success; knowledge
management practices; accountability and other management practices; computerized modelling; and the virtual organization. To this end it deploys a number of different theoretical lenses including:

· systems theory
· social constructivism
· labour process theory
· post-structuralism
· actor network theory

These offer complementary and contrasting insights into the computerization of managerial work. In order to ensure that the book is both relevant and approachable to students from a range of backgrounds these theories are applied to real examples of the development and implementation of information systems. This combination fosters practical knowledge that is theoretically informed. The book thus aims to bridge the gap between the abstractions of current theories of organization and the
grounded material that forms the bulk of Information Systems literature. It thus offers a novel way into the ongoing debates surrounding technological change and the perennial problems of managerial control.

It has been designed to support theoretically informed Information and Technology courses at the advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and will also be of interest to academics in the fields of Management, Information Technology, Sociological, and Cultural studies. -

Nyckelord: SCIENCE / General SCI000000

Författare
 
 
Utgivare
Oxford University Press
Utgivningsår
2004
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Kategorier
Naturvetenskaper
 
Teknologi, energi, trafik
Format
E-bok
eISBN (PDF)
9780191525124

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