Virtual working : social and organisational dynamics / edited by Paul Jackson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Paul J.

Series:

Management of technology and innovation.

The management of technology and innovation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Business enterprises--Technological innovations.

Business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book addresses the social and organisational dynamics which underlie recent technological and work developments within organisations. often referred to as 'virtual working'. It seeks to go beyond a mere description of this new work phenomenon in order to provide more rigorous ways of analysing and understanding the issues raised. In addition to providing accounts of developments such as web-based enterprises and virtual teams, each contributor focuses on the empolyment of information technology to transcend the boundaries between and within organisations, and the consequences this has for

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: from new designs to new dynamics PAUL J. JACKSON; The inter- and intra-organisational level; Knowledge management in the Web enterprise: exploiting communities of practice ALISTAIR CAMPBELL; Building collaborative networks: new product development across organisational boundaries LISA HARRIS, ANNE-MARIE COLES, KEITH DICKSON AND IAN MCLOUGHLIN; Virtual teams and lost proximity: consequences on trust relationships JOE NANDHAKUMAR; Individual experiences of virtual working

Re-forming organisations: contributions of teleworking employees KIRAN MIRCHANDANINarratives and identity in flexible working andteleworking organisations SEAN GALPIN AND DAVID SIMS; Management and control in virtual working; Managing virtual working: between commitment and control? ASTRID DEPICKERE; Management rationalities and virtual working: adjusting telework to different organisational cultures and rationalities REIMA SUOMI AND JUHANI PEKKOLA; Autonomy, control and the virtual worker LOUISE M. ADAMI; Learning and innovation in virtual working

Learning and knowledge management: a theoretical framework for learning in flexible organisations CHARLOTTE BJRKEGREN AND BIRGER RAPPOrganisational learning and the virtual organisation IAN MCLOUGHLIN AND PAUL J. JACKSON; Management of knowledge as interface management: from exo-worlds to endo-worlds FRANK A. MORATH AND ARTUR P. SCHMIDT; Conclusion PAUL J. JACKSON; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-63605-9

1-280-33024-4

1-134-63606-7

0-203-25782-0

0-203-06436-4

9780203064368

OCLC:

71348397