Overview

Shaping Organization Form considers the role of new communication technologies in shaping organizations today and in the future. Four key themes are considered in depth: changes in technology, changes in organizational form, and their mutual influence on one another; evolutionary processes in organizations and the ways in which technology can influence these processes; the development of organizational communities and inter-organizational relationships that are mediated by electronic communication systems; and major controversies surrounding electronically mediated organizations and directions for future research that flow out of these controversies.

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Author:   Gerardine DeSanctis ,  Janet Lesley Fulk
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780761904953

ISBN 10:   0761904956
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   26 August 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Geraldine DeSanctis and Janet Fulk NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW FORMS OF ORGANIZING Articulation of Communication Technology and Organizational Form - Janet Fulk and Geraldine DeSanctis In Search of a New Organizational Model - Lynda M Applegate Lessons from the Field Communication Technology for Global Network Organizations - Peter Monge and Janet Fulk The Role of Information Technology in the Transformation of Work - Susan J Winter and S Lynne Taylor A Comparison of Post-Industrial, Industrial, and Proto-Industrial Organization EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES IN NEW FORM DEVELOPMENT Shaping Electronic Communication - Wanda J Orlikowski et al The Metastructuring of Technology in the Context of Use Incentives and Computing Systems for Team-Based Organizations - Anitesh Barua, C-H Sophie Lee and Andrew B Whinston A Complimentarity Perspective Communication across Boundaries - Pamela Hinds and Sara Kiesler Work, Structure and Use of Communication Technologies in a Large Organization Social Context and Interaction in Ongoing Computer-Supported Management Groups - Michael H Zack and James L McKenney Constructing the Networked Organization - Martin Lea, Tim O′Shea and Pat Fung Content and Context in the Development of Electronic Communications SHAPING INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES Perspective Making and Perspective Taking in Communities of Knowing - Richard J Boland Jr and Ramkrishnan V Tenkasi Improving Inter-organizational Relationships through Voice Mail Facilitation of Peer-to-Peer Relationships - Mary R Lilnd and Robert W Zmud Hardwiring Weak Ties - Jeanne M Pickering and John Leslie King Interorganizational Computer-Mediated Communication, Occupational Communities, and Organizational Change The Kindness of Strangers - David Constant, Lee Sproull amd Sara Kiesler Usefulness of Electronic Weak Ties for Technical Advice CONTROVERSIES AND DIRECTIONS The Dark Side of New Organizational Forms - Bart Victor and Carroll Stephens Organizational Challenges for the New Forms - Marshall Scott Poole The Virtual Organization - William H Dutton Tele-Access in Business and Industry Conclusion - Geraldine DeSanctis and Janet Fulk Research Issues and Directions

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