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Valuing Technology - Organisations, Culture and Change (Paperback, New)
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Valuing Technology - Organisations, Culture and Change (Paperback, New)
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How does new information technology become part of the fabric of
organisational life? Drawing on insights from social studies of
technology, gender studies and the sociology of consumption,
Valuing Technology opens up new directions in the analysis of
sociotechnical change within organisations. Based on a major
research project focused upon the introduction of management of
information systems in health, higher education and retailing, I
explores the active role of end-users in innovation.
This book argues that it is through the, often difficult,
engagement between users and technology that new computer systems
come to gain value within organisations. Key themes developed
through analysis of case studies include:
*the valuing of technology via the on-going construction of needs,
uses and utilities
*occupational identities, organisational inequalities and
technological change
*the gendering of technological and organisational change
*interpretive flexibility and the 'stabilisation' of technological
systems and their incorporation into the lives of people in
organisations.
A stimulating blend of the theoretical and substantive, this book
demands a radical redefinition of 'technology acquisition'. It's
highly original approach makes Valuing Technology essential reading
for students, lecturers and researchers within the fields of
organisation studies and the sociology of technology.
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