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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480890603321

Titolo

Organizations and communication technology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Janet Fulk, Charles Steinfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1990

ISBN

1-4833-2538-5

1-4522-5246-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FulkJanet

SteinfieldCharles William

Disciplina

658.4/038

658.4038

Soggetti

Management - Communication systems

Management - Data processing

Information technology

Organization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Theorizing about information technology in organizations -- part II. Two views of information technology, tasks, and organizations -- part III. Individual interactions with information technology in the organizational context -- part IV. Information technology and collective behaviors -- part V. Information technology and organizational design.

Sommario/riassunto

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.