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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452625403321

Autore

Scarbrough Harry <1955-, >

Titolo

Technology and organization : power, meaning and design / / Harry Scarborough and J. Martin Corbett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-415-82503-2

0-203-38376-1

1-135-96178-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

The Routledge series in analytical management

Altri autori (Persone)

CorbettJ. Martin <1956->

Disciplina

658.5/7

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Management

Technology - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1992 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Figures, Tables. Foreword. 1. Introduction: Knowing the Dancer from the Dance Part 1: Power . 2. Technology, Power and Organization 3. Technology, Power and the User Part 2: Meaning 4. Technology and Ideology 5. The Meaning of Technology in Organizations Part 3: Design . 6. Design, Knowledge and Innovation 7. The Design Circuit 8. Technology, Management and Organization: Some conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

In this text the authors adopt a highly integrated approach. Using the three conceptual lenses of power, meaning and design they explore fully the many different ways in which technology and organizations interact.