Shaping Organization Form

Communication, Connection, and Community
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0495-3
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 861 g

Reihe: Organization Science

Modern communication technologies are providing the potential to redesign the structure of the firm and the ways in which work is conducted. From telephones and electronic mail to more sophisticated systems, such as electronic conferencing, discussion databases, cognitive mapping, and group decision support software, communication systems are being used to rethink the practice of management and organization - whether formal work arrangements or self-created "virtual" communities. This thought-provoking volume 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 interorganizational relationships that are mediated by electronic communication systems

- Major controversies surrounding electronically mediated organizations and directions for future research that flow out of these controversies.

The contributing authors of Shaping Organization Form have collaborated to write an essential volume for the students of the organizations of the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Desanctis, Gerardine

Fulk, Janet

Fulk, Janet Lesley

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Geraldine DeSanctis and Janet Fulk
NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW FORMS OF ORGANIZING
Articulation of Communication Technology and Organizational Form - Janet Fulk and Geraldine DeSanctis
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 McKenney
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 DeSanctis and Janet Fulk
Research Issues and Directions