Technology and organizations
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Technology and organizations
（The Jossey-Bass management series）
Jossey-Bass, 1990
- : [hard]
- : pbk
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: pbk ISBN 9780470639405
Description
Provides new ways for both researchers and managers to think about technology's role in people's organizational lives, showing its impact on individuals, groups, and the organization as a whole. Includes original papers from leading scholars to show how new technology requires organizations to make fundamental changes.
Table of Contents
1. Technology as Equivoque: Sensemaking in New Technologies (Karl E. Weick). 2. Understanding Technology and the Individual in an Organizational Context (Paul S. Goodman, Terri L. Griffith, Deborah B. Fenner).
3. Work Groups: Autonomy, Technology, and Choice (Gerald I. Susman).
4. Technology and Structure: An Organizational--Level Perspective (W. Richard Scott).
5. Technology, Management, and Competitive Advantage (James G. March, Lee S. Sproull).
6. Technology and Organizations: A Cross-National Analysis (Leonard H. Lynn).
7. Technology and Organizations: An Economic/Institutional Analysis (David C. Mowery).
8. A Technological Perspective on New Forms of Organization (Raj Reddy).
9. Technology and Organizations: Integration and Opportunities (Lee S. Sproull, Paul S. Goodman).
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: [hard] ISBN 9781555422097
Description
Why are technologies that improve the effectiveness of an organization not fully utilized - or not utilized at all? What decisions do senior staff and management face when they adopt and implement new technologies? How does the implementation of a new technology that increases worker responsibility affect organizational hierachy? Such questions are difficult to answer when the nature of technology itself is undergoing constant revision. The recent introduction of the new class of technology, which allows for continuous redesign programming, is having a profound effect on the technology-organization relationship. This new book focuses on technology as a way of understanding organizational behaviour - from the individual's cognitive and emotional response to technology to a society's cultural predilection for adopting technological advances. A unique group of leading thinkers and researchers present multi-level perspectives on the technology-organization relationship: individual, work group, institutional and cross-cultural perspectives.
They examine a range of diverse topics, including how technology is reshaping the workplace, why some societies excel in adopting new technology and why some poorer technologies survive.
Table of Contents
- Technology as equivoque - sense-making in new technologies, Karl E.Weick
- understanding technology and the individual in an organizational context, Paul S.Goodman, et al
- work groups - autonomy, technology and choice, Gerald I.Susman
- technology and structure - an organizational-level perspective, W.Richard Scott
- technology, management and competitive advantage, James G.March and Lee S.Sproull
- technology and organizations - a cross-national analysis, Leonard H.Lynn
- technology and organizations - an economic/institutional analysis, David C.Mowery
- a technological perspective on new forms of organizations, Raj Reddy
- technology and organizations - integration and opportunities, Lee S.Sproull and Paul S.Goodman.
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