Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/TvHx97 Valuing Technology Organisations, Culture and Change By: Janice McLaughlin; Paul Rosen; David Skinner; Andrew Webster Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415192101, 0415192102 eText ISBN: 9781134652150, 1134652151 Edition: 1st Pages: 272 Copyright year: 2002 Format: EPUB Available from $ 33.98 USD SKU 9781134652150R90 How does new information technology become part of the fabric of organisational life? Drawing on insights from social studies of technology, gender studies and the sociology of consumption, Valuing Technology opens up new directions in the analysis of sociotechnical change within organisations. Based on a major research project focused upon the introduction of management of information systems in health, higher education and retailing, I explores the active role of end-users in innovation. This book argues that it is through the , often difficult, engagement between users and technology that new computer systems come to gain value within organisations. Key themes developed through analysis of case studies include: *the valuing of technology via the on-going construction of needs, uses and utilities *occupational identities, organisational inequalities and technological change *the gendering of technological and organisational change *interpretive flexibility and the 'stabilisation' of technological systems and their incorporation into the lives of people in organisations. A stimulating blend of the theoretical and substantive, this book demands a radical redefinition of 'technology acquisition'. It's highly original approach makes Valuing Technology essential reading for students, lecturers and researchers within the fields of organisation studies and the sociology of technology. Additional ISBNs 9780203207345, 9781280330261, 9780203261040, 0203207343, 1280330260, 0203261046, 9780415192101, 9780415192118, 0415192102, 0415192110
