Read more
Zusatztext At the time of writing the volume is only available in hardback. This is unfortunate ... because it is a volume that would be a valuable addition of the bookshelves of anyone interested in understanding and advancing debates in organizational behaviour! information systems! strategic and marketing management! and social theory. Informationen zum Autor See above Klappentext This book explores the ways in which organizations design! build! and use information technology systems. In particular it looks at the interactions between these IT-centered activities and the broader management processes within organizations. Zusammenfassung This is a book about IT in organizations how it works, how it changes organization and the problems and challenges it creates. Based on detailed research in several sectors (financial services, hospitals etc.) the authors present an up to date analysis of current issues. The book is divided into three main sections: Strategies and Markets; Integrating Technology and Organization; and Networks. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: The Problematic of IT and Organization (Brian P. Bloomfield, Rod Coombs, David Knights, and Dale Littler Part I: Strategies and Markets 2: 'We Should be Total Slaves to the Business': Aligning IT and Strategy - Issues and Evidence 3: Markets, Managers, and Messages: Managing Information Systems in Financial Services 4: Paradigm Thinking and Strategy Development: Marketing Strategy in IT Sectors Part II: Integrating Technology and Organization 5: Paper Traces: Inscribing Organizations and IT 6: Doctors as Managers: Constructing Systems and Users in the NHS Part III: Networks 7: Networking as Knowledge Work: A Study of Strategic Interorganizational Development in the Financial Service Industry 8: Putting IT in its Place: Towards Flexible Integration in the Network Age?
