Information technology and organizational transformation [[electronic resource] ] : history, rhetoric, and practice / / Joanne Yates, John Van Maanen, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480218503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2001
• ISBN: 1-322-41884-5; 1-4522-6679-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Collana: Organization science series
• Altri autori (Persone): YatesJoAnne <1951->; Van MaanenJohn
• Disciplina: 338.064
• Soggetti: Information technology; Organizational change; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I - The History Of Information Technology and Organizationl Transformation; Chapter 1 - The Role of Information Technology in the Transformation of Work: A Comparison of Post-Industrial, Industrial, and Proto-Industrial Organization; Chapter 2 - Information Technology and Organizational Change in the British Census, 1801-1911; Chapter 3 - Texas Politics and the Fax Revolution; Part II - The Rhetoric of Information Technology and Organizational Transformation; Chapter 4 - Computerization Movements: The Rise of the Internet and Distant Forms of WorkChapter 5 - Politically Wired: The Changing Places of Political Participation in the Age of the Internet; Chapter 6 - Information Technology in a Culture of Complaint: Derogation, Deprecation, and the Appropriation of Organizational Transformation; Part III - The Practice of Information Technology and Organizational Transformation; Chapter 7 - Big Brother Goes Portable: End-User Computing in the Internal Revenue Service; Chapter 8 - Information Technology in the Police Context: The ""Sailor"" Phone; Chapter 9 - Improvising Organizational Transformation Over Time: A ; Situated Change PerspectiveChapter 10 - Transforming Work Through Information Technology: A Comparative Case Study of Geographic Information Systems in County Government; Chapter 11 - Steps Toward an Ecology of Infrastructure: Design and Access for Large Information Spaces; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book consists of three parts. The first consists of studies that take an historical perspective on informational technology and organizational transformation. The second deals with the rhetoric of information technology and organizational transformation. The third concerns the practices that emerge when a new information technology is made available to organizational members.