Overview
This book is concerned with the ways in which organizations design, build and use information technology systems. In particular it looks at the interaction 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 pragmatic and recipe-based approaches to this topic which dominate much contemporary management literature on IT.
Full Product Details
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: 16.20cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.466kg
ISBN: 9780198289395
ISBN 10: 0198289391
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 27 March 1997
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
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 *
