1st Edition
Valuing Technology Organisations, Culture and Change
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction. Valuing Technology. Technology acquisition and consumption. Drivers of change: organisational and technological imperatives. Organisational Cultures and Identities. Administering organisational space: standardisation and malleability. Mediating change: corporate and workplace culture. Rationalising knowledge: professional identity and the construction of need. Gendered organisation, gendered technology. Finding Certainty. Making it useable: Constructions of usability. Securing stability, constructing value. Conclusions.
Biography
McLaughlin, Janice; Rosen, Paul; Skinner, David; Webster, Andrew
