Representing organization : knowledge, management, and the information age / Simon Lilley, Geoffrey Lightfoot, Paulo Amaral.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lilley, Simon.

Contributor:

Lightfoot, Geoffrey.

Amaral, Paulo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Management information systems.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

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. It provides a theoretically informed analysis of the organizational impact of information technologies by examining and commenting upon the myriad ways in which various actors, organizations, and environments are represented. through these technologies. It deploys a number of different theoretical lenses (including systems theory, social constr

Contents:

CONTENTS; NOTES ON AUTHORS; LIST OF INSERTS; 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: Analysing 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

PostscriptNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-103712-5

1-281-72390-8

9786611723903

0-19-152512-X

OCLC:

476256825