Consequences of Information

Institutional Implications of Technological Change

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

This important book addresses the organizational and economic implications of the new technologies of information and communication. Jannis Kallinikos analyses the recent spectacular growth of information and the self-propelling processes through which technological information is increasingly generated out of the reshuffling and recombination of available and interoperable information sources. He argues that information is no longer simply a resource but a pervading element of socio-economic life that is crucially involved in the redefinition of a variety of organizational practices and modes of economic action. Academics and students in a variety of disciplines, including information studies, information systems, management and organization studies, sociology, social psychology and social policy will find much to interest them in this book.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-09-26
Mått:155 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781847205001

Utforska kategorier

Naturvetenskap:allmänt inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Jannis Kallinikos, Professor in the Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics, UK

Recensioner i media

'Kallinikos' forceful and elegantly written book draws on an impressively wide range of perspectives from information theory, social science and organization theory. It should be of interest to scholars seeking a comprehensive understanding of how technology is involved in the making of social and institutional forms. . . Kallinikos' rare combination of approaches to his subject - not only switching between or digging beneath various academic fields, but even when necessary placing himself in an integrative position above specific fields - should make this an important contribution. . .'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: 1. Organizations, Information, Networks 2. Technology Design and Social Systems 3. Information Growth as a Self-Referential Process 4. Excursus on Meaning, Purpose and Information 5. Networks Revisited 6. Addendum on Networks and Institutions 7. The Organizational Order of Modernity 8. Epilogue on Technology and Institutions References Index