Designing technology, work, organizations and vice versa / edited by Attila Bruni, Laura Lucia Parolin, Cornelius Schubert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruni, Attila, editor.

Parolin, Laura Lucia, editor.

Schubert, Cornelius, editor.

Series:

Vernon Series in Sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware ; Malaga, Spain : Vernon Press, 2016.

Summary:

The concept of design has been defined in a multitude of ways and used in a variety of academic fields, ranging from the classics of organizational and system design to studies on corporate culture, aesthetics and consumption. However, in mainstream organization and management studies, the concept of design has been 'black-boxed' and easily implied as an updated (and more fashionable) version of the traditional idea of structuring organizational processes. At the same time, working and organizing seem to be embedded nowadays in increasingly complex and situated technologies and practices. If t

Contents:

Front

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: DESIGNING TECHNOLOGY, WORK, ORGANIZATION AND VICE VERSA

SECTION 1 Designing Technology, Work and Organization in Institutionalized Organizational Settings

BUSTER AT WORK: INTERTWINING TECHNOLOGY WITH ORGANIZATIONAL AND WORKING PRACTICES

DESIGNING ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES THROUGH ARTIFACTS: PAPER-BASED REMEMBERING IN BACK-OFFICE WORK

STUDYING PRACTICES TO INFORM DESIGN: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND LOCAL ARTIFACTS

SECTION 2 Designing Technology, Work and Organization in Emerging Organizational Settings

DESIGNING A NEW CHAIR, TRANSGRESSING ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES

DESIGN EXHIBITION THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURING

CONTINUOUS RE-CONFIGURING OF INVISIBLE SOCIAL STRUCTURES

SECTION 3 Issues of Technology, Work and Organization in Design Settings

DISTRIBUTED DESIGN TRAJECTORIES THE GLOBAL MANUFACTURE OF TECHNOLOGIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

THE MEANS OF DESIGN WORK MODELS, SKETCHES, AND RELATED OBJECTS IN THE CREATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

HOW THINGS ARE DESIGNED AND HOW THEY DESIGN

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 27, 2016).

ISBN:

9781622731466

1622731468

OCLC:

952971241