Technology and organization

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Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Knowing the Dancer from the Dance; Introduction; Technology and Organization: a Processual View; Levels of Technology; Learning and Adaptation; Subjective and Objective Forms of Knowledge; Organizational Autonomy and Technological Development; Circuits of Power, Meaning and Design; The Structure of this Book; Part I: Power; 2 Technology, Power and Organization; Introduction; From Fordism to Flexibility

Flexibility and the Control of LabourThe Politics of Expertise; Summary; 3 Technology, Power and the User; Introduction; The Design Process; The Implementation Process; The Use-Process; Summary: Power and the Technology Process; Part II: Meaning; 4 Technology and Ideology; Introduction; Ideology; Socio-Cultural Ideology; Organizational Ideology; Summary: Power, Ideology and the Technology Process; 5 The Meaning of Technology in Organizations; Introduction; Technology and Organizational Choice: Managerial Perceptions; Technology and Organizational Choice: Perceptions of Systems Designers

User Perceptions and Affective Responses to TechnologyTechnology and the Nature of User Skill; Technology, Skill and Identity; Summary: Technology and Circuits of Meaning; Part III: Design; 6 Design, Knowledge and Innovation; Introduction; Generation; Transmission; Assembly; Summary; 7 The Design Circuit; Introduction; Organization Structure and Knowledge; Linking Mechanisms; The Management of Knowledge-Workers; Knowledge-Workers and Market Controls; IT and the Management of Knowledge-Workers; Expert Systems; User Involvement; Summary

8 Technology, Management and Organization: Some ConclusionsIntroduction; Technical Standards; The Diffusion of Technology; Technological and Managerial Knowledge; Competences and Competence Traps; Beyond Strategy?; Summary and Conclusions; References; Index

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