03386nam 2200673Ia 450 991097484470332120251116175209.01-134-68015-51-134-68016-397866128763181-282-87631-70-203-01987-310.4324/9780203019870 (CKB)1000000000248915(EBL)169670(OCoLC)319493188(SSID)ssj0000278324(PQKBManifestationID)11209230(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278324(PQKBWorkID)10246251(PQKB)10342193(MiAaPQ)EBC169670(Au-PeEL)EBL169670(CaPaEBR)ebr10054932(CaONFJC)MIL287631(OCoLC)1000425496(EXLCZ)99100000000024891519980605d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreative technological change the shaping of technology and organisations /Ian McLoughlin1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19991 online resource (201 p.)Management of technology and innovationDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-18000-7 0-415-17999-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-182) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: shaping technology and organisation; The problem of technology and technological determinism; What is technology and what does it do?; Metaphors, technology and organisation; Creative technological change; book structure; Machines, organisms and virtual realities; The evolution of the innovative organisation; Fordism, post-Fordism and the electronic panopticon; Organisational choice politics and the outcomes of technological change; Inside the black box: social constructivism and technologyTransforming the organisation? Technology as 'text'Outside the black box: the socio-economic shaping of technology; Conclusion: creative technological change; References; IndexCreative Technological Change draws upon a wide range of thinking from organisational theory, innovation studies and the sociology of technology. It explores the different ways in which these questions have been framed and answered, especially in relation to new 'virtual' technologies. The idea of metaphor is used to capture the differences between, and strengths and weaknesses of various ways of conceptualising the technology/organisation relationship. This approach offers the possibility of developing new ways of thinking about, viewing and ultimately responding creatively to the orManagement of technology and innovation.Technological innovationsManagementTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsTechnological innovationsManagement.Technological innovationsEconomic aspects.658.5/14McLoughlin Ian1956-1860988MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974844703321Creative technological change4533986UNINA