Creative Technological Change The Shaping Of Technology And Organisations The Management of Technology And Innovation - Hardcover

Mcloughlin, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415179998 ISBN 13: 9780415179997

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Creative Technological Change draws upon a wide range of thinking from organisational theory, innovation studies and the sociology of technology. It explores the different ways in which these questions have been framed and answered, especially in relation to new 'virtual' technologies. The idea of metaphor is used to capture the differences between, and strengths and weaknesses of various ways of conceptualising the technology/organisation relationship. This approach offers the possibility of developing new ways of thinking about, viewing and ultimately responding creatively to the organisational challenges posed by technological change.

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Review:

"[McLoughlin's] approach helps develop new insights and creative responses to organizational challenges posed by technological change. Of interest to those in management, organizational theory, and sociology of technology." -"Book News, Inc

Synopsis:

What is creative technological change? This text explores new ways of thinking and acting in relation to this question in contemporary organisations. It examines how technology shapes organisations and how organisations shape technology - especially 'virtual' and other information and computing technologies. A wide range of thinking on these issues from organisational theory, political economy, evolutionary economics, feminist analysis, the sociology of technology and the 'new socio-technical theory' is outlined. The idea of metaphor is deployed to capture the differences between, and strengths and weaknesses of, different ways of conceptualising the technology/organisation relationship. It is argued that this approach offers the possibility of developing new ways of thinking about, viewing and ultimately responding creatively to the organisational challenges posed by technological change. The book concludes by outlining a model of the process by which technology and organisation are configured.

Topics covered include: * machine, biological and virtual ways of understanding technology and organisation * the evolution of innovative organisational forms * the politics of consuming technology in organisations * social constructivist perspectives on the production of technology * the socio-economic shaping of technology and organisation * configuring technology and organisation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415179998
• ISBN 13: 9780415179997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204