Information Technology and Organizational Transformation: History, Rhetoric, and Practice - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0761923012 ISBN 13 : 9780761923015

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2001

Synopsis

This book provides one of the first clear-headed assessments of information technology and organizational transformation. Its virtue is not so much in its recognition of the importance of the subject; speculations on this topic have been rampant for more than a decade. Rather, it is unusual and unusually useful, because it avoids speculation in favor of conceptually coherent accounts grounded in empirical study of actual organizations. The chapters contained in this volume move beyond the superficial glorification of information technology as an extraordinary instrument of social change, and straight to the heart of the mechanisms of change as they play out in everyday organizational life. In the process, they reaffirm that the real story of information technology in organizations is more about people than about technology. Taken together, they provide an important contribution to the intellectual foundations of one of the most interesting developments in decades.

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À propos de l'auteur

Van Maanen holds a BA in political science from California State University, Long Beach, as well as an MS in social administration and a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Irvine.

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This book provides one of the first clear-headed assessments of information technology and organizational transformation. Its virtue is not so much in its recognition of the importance of the subject; speculations on this topic have been rampant for more than a decade. Rather, it is unusual and unusually useful, because it avoids speculation in favor of conceptually coherent accounts grounded in empirical study of actual organizations. The chapters contained in this volume move beyond the superficial glorification of information technology as an extraordinary instrument of social change, and straight to the heart of the mechanisms of change as they play out in everyday organizational life. In the process, they reaffirm that the real story of information technology in organizations is more about people than about technology. Taken together, they provide an important contribution to the intellectual foundations of one of the most interesting developments in decades.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761923012
• ISBN 13: 9780761923015
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 367
• Éditeur: Yates Joanne, Van Maanen John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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