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Informationen zum Autor Simon Lilley is a Reader in Information and Organization at the Management Centre, University of Leicester. Simon studied for his first degree, in psychology, at University College London. His PhD, which considers the impact of computerisation on the management of oil refineries, was awarded by Edinburgh University, being funded by the ESRC as part of their Programme on Information and Communication Technologies. Simon has taught previously at the Universities of Keele, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Lancaster, at the International Business School, Budapest, and at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST.Geoffrey Lightfoot is a Visiting Reader in Critical Organization Studies, University for Humanistics, Utrecht and a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Management, Keele University. Geoffrey studied for his first degree, in social science, with the Open University. His masters in Economic History was taken with the London School of Economics and Political Science. His PhD, which investigated financial management practices of small firm owner-managers, was awarded by Kingston University. Geoff has taught at Kinston University, Keele University, and the University for Humanistics, Utrecht.Paulo Amaral M. N. is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Management, Keele University. Paulo studied for his undergraduate degree, in Economics and Business, at the University of Turin, Italy, and has taught at Keele University in Management Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, Accounting, Marketing and Management. Klappentext An accessible theoretical analysis of the organizational impact of information technologies. This book examines the many ways in which actors! organizations and technologies are represented through these technologies thus bridging the gap between the abstractions of current theories of organization and the somewhat excessively grounded material on information systems. Zusammenfassung This book is an attempt to bridge the gap between the abstractions of current theories of organization and the somewhat excessively grounded material that forms the bulk of literatures within the information systems and knowledge management communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Management, Information, and the Labour Process 2: Information, Representation, and Organization 3: The Conceptual Basis of Information Systems: Modelling the World 4: Speaking for Information Systems: Analyzing and Prescribing Material Information 5: Representation 2: Representation and Simulation 6: New Management Practices: Empowerment, Information, and Control 7: Accountability and Systems Success 8: The Virtual Organization 9: Representation 3: Risk, Control, and the Escape of Uncertainty 10: Handling Knowledge Management Post-script ...
