LEADER 03386nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910974844703321 005 20251116175209.0 010 $a1-134-68015-5 010 $a1-134-68016-3 010 $a9786612876318 010 $a1-282-87631-7 010 $a0-203-01987-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203019870 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248915 035 $a(EBL)169670 035 $a(OCoLC)319493188 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278324 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209230 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278324 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246251 035 $a(PQKB)10342193 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC169670 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL169670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054932 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287631 035 $a(OCoLC)1000425496 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248915 100 $a19980605d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreative technological change $ethe shaping of technology and organisations /$fIan McLoughlin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 225 1 $aManagement of technology and innovation 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-18000-7 311 08$a0-415-17999-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [166]-182) and index. 327 $aBook 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 technology 327 $aTransforming the organisation? Technology as 'text'Outside the black box: the socio-economic shaping of technology; Conclusion: creative technological change; References; Index 330 $aCreative Technological Change draws upon a wide range of thinking from organisational theory, innovation studies and the sociology of technology. It explores the different ways in which these questions have been framed and answered, especially in relation to new 'virtual' technologies. The idea of metaphor is used to capture the differences between, and strengths and weaknesses of various ways of conceptualising the technology/organisation relationship. This approach offers the possibility of developing new ways of thinking about, viewing and ultimately responding creatively to the or 410 0$aManagement of technology and innovation. 606 $aTechnological innovations$xManagement 606 $aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xManagement. 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a658.5/14 700 $aMcLoughlin$b Ian$f1956-$01860988 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974844703321 996 $aCreative technological change$94533986 997 $aUNINA