{"product_id":"valuing-technology-9780415192101","title":"Valuing Technology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does new information technology become part of the fabric of organisational life? Drawing on insights from social studies of technology, gender studies and the sociology of consumption, \u003cem\u003eValuing Technology\u003c\/em\u003e opens up new directions in the analysis of sociotechnical change within organisations. Based on a major research project focused upon the introduction of management of information systems in health, higher education and retailing, I explores the active role of end-users in innovation.\u003cbr\u003eThis book argues that it is through the , often difficult, engagement between users and technology that new computer systems come to gain value within organisations. Key themes developed through analysis of case studies include:\u003cbr\u003e*the valuing of technology via the on-going construction of needs, uses and utilities\u003cbr\u003e*occupational identities, organisational inequalities and technological change\u003cbr\u003e*the gendering of technological and organisational change\u003cbr\u003e*interpretive flexibility and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Valuing Technology. Technology acquisition and consumption. Drivers of change: organisational and technological imperatives. Organisational Cultures and Identities. Administering organisational space: standardisation and malleability. Mediating change: corporate and workplace culture. Rationalising knowledge: professional identity and the construction of need. Gendered organisation, gendered technology. Finding Certainty. Making it useable:  Constructions of usability. Securing stability, constructing value. Conclusions.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402075316567,"sku":"9780415192101","price":175.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/valuing-technology-9780415192101","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}