Overview

This book is concerned with the ways in which organizations design, build and use information technology systems. In particular it looks at the interactions between these IT-centred activities and the broader management processes within organizations. The authors adopt a critical social science perspective on these issues, and are primarily concerned with advancing theoretical debates on how best to understand the related processes of technological and organizational change. To this end, the book examines and deploys recent work on power/knowledge, actor-network theory and critical organization theory. The result is an account of the nature and significance of information systems in organizations which is an alternative perspective to the pragmatic and recipe-based approaches to this topic which dominate much contemporary management literature on IT.

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Author:   Brian P. Bloomfield (Professor of Management Information Systems, The Management School, Professor of Management Information Systems, The Management School, Lancaster University) ,  Rod Coombs (Professor of Technology Management, Professor of Technology Management, Manchester School of Management, UMIST) ,  David Knights (Professor, School of Management, Professor, School of Management, University of Keele) ,  Dale Littler (Professor of Marketing, Professor of Marketing, Manchester School of Management, UMIST)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.325kg
ISBN:  

9780198296119

ISBN 10:   0198296118
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   25 November 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction: The Problematic of IT and Organization (Brian P. Bloomfield, Rod Coombs, David Knights, and Dale Littler Part I: Strategies and Markets David Knights, Faith Noble, and Hugh Willmott: 2: 'We Should be Total Slaves to the Business': Aligning IT and Strategy - Issues and Evidence David Knights and Fergus Murray: 3: Markets, Managers, and Messages: Managing Information Systems in Financial Services Dominic Wilson, Dale Littler, and Margaret Bruce: 4: Paradigm Thinking and Strategy Development: Marketing Strategy in IT Sectors Part II: Integrating Technology and Organization Brian P. Bloomfield and Theo Vurdubakis: 5: Paper Traces: Inscribing Organizations and IT Brian P. Bloomfield and Rod Coombs: 6: Doctors as Managers: Constructing Systems and Users in the NHS Part III: Networks David Knights, Fergus Murray, and Hugh Willmott: 7: Networking as Knowledge Work: A Study of Strategic Interorganizational Development in the Financial Service Industry Fergus Murray and Hugh Willmott: 8: Putting IT in its Place: Towards Flexible Integration in the Network Age?

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At the time of writing the volume is only available in hardback. This is unfortunate ... because it is a volume that would be a valuable addition of the bookshelves of anyone interested in understanding and advancing debates in organizational behaviour, information systems, strategic and marketing management, and social theory. Martin Brigham, Warwick Business School, ITP, 11,2

At the time of writing the volume is only available in hardback. This is unfortunate ... because it is a volume that would be a valuable addition of the bookshelves of anyone interested in understanding and advancing debates in organizational behaviour, information systems, strategic and marketing management, and social theory. * Martin Brigham, Warwick Business School, ITP, 11,2 *

`At the time of writing the volume is only available in hardback. This is unfortunate ... because it is a volume that would be a valuable addition of the bookshelves of anyone interested in understanding and advancing debates in organizational behaviour, information systems, strategic and marketing management, and social theory.' Martin Brigham, Warwick Business School, ITP, 11,2

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