Creative technological change : the shaping of technology and organisations / Ian McLoughlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLoughlin, Ian, 1956-

Series:

Management of technology and innovation.

Management of technology and innovation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Management.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Creative 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

Contents:

Book 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

Transforming the organisation? Technology as 'text'Outside the black box: the socio-economic shaping of technology; Conclusion: creative technological change; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-182) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-68015-5

1-134-68016-3

9786612876318

1-282-87631-7

0-203-01987-3

OCLC:

319493188