Shaping Organization Form: Communication, Connection, and Community

by Gerardine DeSanctis (Editor), Janet Lesley Fulk (Editor)

Overview

Shaping Organization Form considers the role of new communication technologies in shaping organizations today and in the future.

Four key themes are considered in depth: changes in technology, changes in organizational form, and their mutual influence on one another; evolutionary processes in organizations and the ways in which technology can influence these processes; the development of organizational communities and inter-organizational relationships that are mediated by electronic communication systems; and major controversies surrounding electronically mediated organizations and directions for future research that flow out of these controversies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761904953
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/20/1999
Series:	Organization Science
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.19(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction - Geraldine De Sanctis and Janet Fulk
NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW FORMS OF ORGANIZING
Articulation of Communication Technology and Organizational Form - Janet Fulk and Geraldine De Sanctis
In Search of a New Organizational Model - Lynda M Applegate
Lessons from the Field
Communication Technology for Global Network Organizations - Peter Monge and Janet Fulk
The Role of Information Technology in the Transformation of Work - Susan J Winter and S Lynne Taylor
A Comparison of Post-Industrial, Industrial, and Proto-Industrial Organization
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES IN NEW FORM DEVELOPMENT
Shaping Electronic Communication - Wanda J Orlikowski et al
The Metastructuring of Technology in the Context of Use
Incentives and Computing Systems for Team-Based Organizations - Anitesh Barua, C-H Sophie Lee and Andrew B Whinston
A Complimentarity Perspective
Communication across Boundaries - Pamela Hinds and Sara Kiesler
Work, Structure and Use of Communication Technologies in a Large Organization
Social Context and Interaction in Ongoing Computer-Supported Management Groups - Michael H Zack and James L Mc Kenney
Constructing the Networked Organization - Martin Lea, Tim O'Shea and Pat Fung
Content and Context in the Development of Electronic Communications
SHAPING INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES
Perspective Making and Perspective Taking in Communities of Knowing - Richard J Boland Jr and Ramkrishnan V Tenkasi
Improving Inter-organizational Relationships through Voice Mail Facilitation of Peer-to-Peer Relationships - Mary R Lilnd and Robert W Zmud
Hardwiring Weak Ties - Jeanne M Pickering and John Leslie King
Interorganizational Computer-Mediated Communication, Occupational Communities, and Organizational Change
The Kindness of Strangers - David Constant, Lee Sproull amd Sara Kiesler
Usefulness of Electronic Weak Ties for Technical Advice
CONTROVERSIES AND DIRECTIONS
The Dark Side of New Organizational Forms - Bart Victor and Carroll Stephens
Organizational Challenges for the New Forms - Marshall Scott Poole
The Virtual Organization - William H Dutton
Tele-Access in Business and Industry
Conclusion - Geraldine De Sanctis and Janet Fulk
Research Issues and Directions

Editorial Reviews

Considers the role of new communication technologies in shaping organizations. Sixteen essays consider four main themes: the mutual influences of changes in technology and organizational form, evolutionary processes in organizations and the ways in which technology influences those processes, the development of organizational communities and inter-organizational relationships that are mediated by electronic communication systems, and major controversies surrounding electronically mediated organizations and directions for future research that flow out of these controversies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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