Valuing Technology: Organisations, Culture and Change Contributor(s): McLaughlin, Janice (Author), Rosen, Paul (Author), Skinner, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415192110 ISBN-13: 9780415192118 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $74.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: "Valuing Technology"opens up new directions in the analysis of socio-technical change within organizations. Based on a major study of the introduction of management information systems in health, higher education and retailing, it explores the active role of end-users in the innovation process. Subjects covered include: * the valuing of technology via the on-going construction of needs, uses and utilities * the interplay of organizational and technological cultures * occupational identities, organizational inequalities and technological change * the gendering of technological and organizational change * interpretative flexibility and the 'stabilization' of technological systems. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Information Management - Computers | Information Technology |
Dewey: 303.483 |
LCCN: 99-17599 |
Series: Management of Technology and Innovation |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: How does new information technology become part of the fabric of organisational life? Drawing on insights from social studies of technology, gender studies and the sociology of consumption, Valuing Technology opens up new directions in the analysis of sociotechnical change within organisations. Based on a major research project focused upon the introduction of management of information systems in health, higher education and retailing, I explores the active role of end-users in innovation. |