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How do technology and organization interact to shape organizational structures and processes? What organizational, political and social processes constrain technological development? What forces shape the articulation of organizational and technological systems?

Answering these and other pivotal questions, this volume centres on the role of theory for advancing our knowledge of communication technology in organizations at several levels - micro, group and macro. The ...

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Overview

How do technology and organization interact to shape organizational structures and processes? What organizational, political and social processes constrain technological development? What forces shape the articulation of organizational and technological systems?

Answering these and other pivotal questions, this volume centres on the role of theory for advancing our knowledge of communication technology in organizations at several levels - micro, group and macro. The distinguished contributors examine richly diverse topics, including telecommunications, communication networks and new media, the use of group decision support systems and discretionary databases.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780803935303
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • Publication date: 3/1/1990
  • Pages: 328

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THEORIZING ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN ORGANIZATIONS The Theory Imperative - Charles W Steinfield and Janet Fulk PART TWO: TWO VIEWS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TASKS, AND ORGANIZATIONS Conceptualizing Information Technology as Organization, and Vice Versa - James R Beniger On the Study of Technology and Task - Clifford Nass and Laurie Mason A Variable-Based Approach PART THREE: INDIVIDUAL INTERACTIONS WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT Understanding Managers' Media Choices - Linda Klebe Trevino, Richard L Daft and Robert H Lengel A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Opportunities for Strategic Information Manipulation through New Information Technology - Robert W Zmud A Social Influence Model of Technology Use - Janet Fulk, Joseph W Schmitz and Charles W Steinfield PART FOUR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIORS Communication Networks and New Media in Organizations - Noshir S Contractor and Eric M Eisenberg Understanding the Use of Group Decision Support Systems - Marshall Scott Poole and Gerardine De Sanctis The Theory of Adaptive Structuration Toward a 'Critical Mass' Theory of Interactive Media - M Lynne Markus Discretionary Databases - Terry Connolly and Brian K Thorn Theory, Data, and Implications PART FIVE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION DESIGN A Theory of the Effects of Advanced Information Technologies on Organizational Design, Intelligence, and Decision Making - George P Huber The Substitution of Communication Technologies for Organizational Structure in Research and Development - Thomas J Allen and Oscar Hauptman Telecommunications and Organizational Choice - Peter G W Keen

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