Description
Book SynopsisProvides new ways for both researchers and managers to think about technology's role in people's organizational lives, showing its impact on individuals, groups, and the organization as a whole. Includes original papers from leading scholars to show how new technology requires organizations to make fundamental changes.
Table of Contents1. Technology as Equivoque: Sensemaking in New Technologies (
Karl E. Weick).
2. Understanding Technology and the Individual in an Organizational Context (Paul S. Goodman, Terri L. Griffith, Deborah B. Fenner).
3. Work Groups: Autonomy, Technology, and Choice (Gerald I. Susman).
4. Technology and Structure: An Organizational--Level Perspective (W. Richard Scott).
5. Technology, Management, and Competitive Advantage (James G. March, Lee S. Sproull).
6. Technology and Organizations: A Cross-National Analysis (Leonard H. Lynn).
7. Technology and Organizations: An Economic/Institutional Analysis (David C. Mowery).
8. A Technological Perspective on New Forms of Organization (Raj Reddy).
9. Technology and Organizations: Integration and Opportunities (Lee S. Sproull, Paul S. Goodman).
