ISBN: 9780803935310 - organizations and communication technology (6 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New. A collection of essays edited by Janet Fulk and Charles W. Steinfield on how communication technologies are adopted and used within organizations, and with what effects on organizational form and function. The editors open with a chapter arguing for the need for theory in this field. Later chapters examine why managers choose particular media, from a symbolic interactionist perspective, and set out a social influence model of technology use that challenges rational-choice and technologically determinist accounts of electronic mail and videoconferencing. Further essays treat communication networks and new media, adaptive structuration theory in the use of group decision support systems, a "critical mass" theory of interactive media, and the substitution of communication technologies for organizational structure in research and development.…

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Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. InhaltsverzeichnisPART ONE: THEORIZING ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN ORGANIZATIONSThe Theory Imperative - Charles W Steinfield and Janet FulkPART TWO: TWO VIEWS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TASKS, AND ORGANIZATIONSConceptu.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. illustrated edition. 328 pages. 8.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How do technology and organization interact to shape organizational structures and processes What organizational, political and social processes constrain technological development What forces shape the articulation of organizational and technological systems Answering these and other pivotal questions, this volume centres on the role of theory for advancing our knowledge of communication technology in organizations at several levels - micro, group and macro. The distinguished contributors examine richly diverse topics, including telecommunications, communication networks and new media, the use of group decision support systems and discretionary databases.…