Social Dynamics of the IT Field: The Case of Denmark / Edition 1

by Finn Borum, Andrew L. Friedman, Mette Monsted, Jesper Strangaard Pedersen, Marianne Risberg

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110129816
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	10/01/1992
Series:	de Gruyter Studies in Organization , #39
Edition description:	Reprint 2018
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Frontmatter — Contents — Acknowledgements — Introduction: Perspectives on the IT Field — Part A. Information Technology Cultures — Introduction — Chapter I. Divergence and Convergence: A Community Analysis of the Structuring of the Danish IT Field — Chapter II. Organisational Cultures in Information Technology Firms — Chapter III. The Unisys Merger - Cultural Perspectives on Information Technology Firms in Transition — Chapter IV. Organisational Adaptation and Learning within Danish IT Firms — Chapter V. Understanding the IT People, their Subcultures, and Implications for Management of Technology and Innovation — Part B. Actors, Networks and Organisations at the Edge of the IT Field — Introduction — Chapter VI. Small Enterprises Coping with the Challenges of Information Technology — Chapter VII. Trade Associations as Mediators of Information Technology to Small and Medium Sized Firms — Chapter VIII. Purposive and Potential Networks in Small Firms' Adoption of IT — Part C. The IT People Strategies, Skills and Careers — Introduction — Chapter IX. Strategies of IT People in Denmark - Trade Unionism, Craftsmanship and Professionalism — Chapter X. Beyond Taylorism: The IT Specialists and the Deskilling Hypothesis — Chapter XI. Understanding the Employment Position of Computer Programmers: A Managerial Strategies Approach — Chapter XII. The IT People - Historical Development and Present Characteristics — Appendix — Data and Methods of the Study — References — Bibliographical Notes — Index

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A sociological study of the organizations and actors engaged in the production, implementation, and application of information technology (IT) in Denmark. Considers the prevailing norms, symbols, and beliefs that make up the information- technology culture; actors, networks and organizations at the edge of the field, and the role of mediators in disseminating IT; and the strategies, skills, and careers of the people involved. Participants in a project generated at the Copenhagen Business School provide the 12 perspectives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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