
Information Systems and Global Diversity
Chrisanthi Avgerou(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 31. January 2002
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-19-924077-7 (ISBN)
Description
It is often assumed that the impact and implementation of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) will or should be the same in all situations with little regard to the particular social or cultural context. Drawing on experience and research in different societies (Europe, Latin America, etc.), this book explains the nature of organizational diversity in which ICT innovation takes place, and also develops a conceptual approach to account for it.
The book draws from institutionalist concepts of organizations, the sociology of technology, current debates on globalization, and critiques of the rationality of modernity. The theoretical perspective is supported empirically by four international case studies. The author shows how the processes of ICT innovation and organizational change reflect local aspirations, concerns, and action, as well as the multiple institutional influences of globalization.
The book draws from institutionalist concepts of organizations, the sociology of technology, current debates on globalization, and critiques of the rationality of modernity. The theoretical perspective is supported empirically by four international case studies. The author shows how the processes of ICT innovation and organizational change reflect local aspirations, concerns, and action, as well as the multiple institutional influences of globalization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
587 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-924077-7 (9780199240777)
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Chrisanthi Avgerou is Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the London School of Economics. Her research interests include the relationship of information technology to organizational change, and the role of IT in socio-economic development.
Content
Introduction ; PART I:THEORY ; 1. The Institutional Nature of ICT and Organizational Change ; 2. The Socio-technical Nature of Information Systems Innovation ; 3. Multiple Situated Rationalities ; 4. The Global, the Local, and the Disembedded ; PART II: INSIGHTS FROM CASE STUDIES ; 5. Pemex-Transforming a National Company ; 6. IKA-Striving to Modernize a State Bureaucracy ; 7. An Experiment of Flexible Specialization in Cyprus ; 8. Medical Drug Utilization Information Systems in the United States and Europe ; 9. The Nature and Significance of Global Diversity for Information Systems ; Appendix