Organizations and Communication Technology

by Janet Lesley Fulk (Editor), Charles W. Steinfield (Editor)

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803935310
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/01/1990
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d)

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