Knowledge and technological development effects on organizational and social structures [electronic resource] / Jos�e Abdelnour-Nocera, editor. - Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2013. - electronic texts (238 p.) : digital files.

Includes bibliographical references.

Socio-technical systems: a meta-design perspective / Gerhard Fischer, Thomas Herrmann -- Engineering organisational behaviour with design research / David Tuffley -- Developing organisational stories through grounded theory data analysis: a case example for studying IS phenomena / Elayne Coakes, Anthony Elliman -- Identifying issues of the chief information officer role through qualitative interviews / M. Gordon Hunter -- Review of regional workplace development cases: a holistic approach and proposals for evaluation and management / Arto Reiman, Seppo V�ayrynen -- Strengthening and enriching audit practice: the socio-technical relevance of "decision leaders" / Peter A. C. Smith -- Balancing McLuhan with Williams: a sociotechnical view of technological determinism / Liza Potts -- Towards a conceptual knowledge management system based on systems thinking and sociotechnical thinking / Svetlana Sajeva -- Telemedicine and development: situating information technologies in the Amazon / Gianluca Miscione -- Building industrial clusters in Latin America: paddling upstream / Carlos Scheel, Leonardo Pineda -- The impact of organisational politics on the implementation of IT strategy: South African case in context / Tiko Iyamu -- Boundary critique and stakeholder collaboration in open source software migration: a case study / Osden Jokonya, Stan Hardman -- When knowledge management drives a strategic transformation project: the case of a Brazilian Air Force organisation / Alexandre Velloso Guimar�aes -- Boundaries of socio-technical systems and IT for knowledge development in military environments / Gil-Ad Ariely.

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"This book provides a wide ranging discussion on the exchanging of research ideas and practices in an effort to bring together the social and technical aspects within organizations and society"--Provided by publisher.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781466621527 (ebook)

10.4018/978-1-4666-2151-0 doi




Knowledge management.
Technological innovations.
Organizational change.
Social change.

Design and technology development issues Information systems development Innovation Systems failures Technological forecasting and social change Technology and society


Electronic books.

HD30.2 / .K63613 2013e

303.48/3