Organizing networks : an actor-network theory of organizations /
What are organizations? Where do they come from? How are they transformed and adapted to new situations? In the digital age and in the global network society, traditional theories of the organization can no longer answer these questions. Based on actor-network theory, this book explains organization...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld, GERMANY :
Transcript Verlag,
[2016]
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Colección: | Sot͡siologii͡a (Sochinskiĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ t͡sentr)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | What are organizations? Where do they come from? How are they transformed and adapted to new situations? In the digital age and in the global network society, traditional theories of the organization can no longer answer these questions. Based on actor-network theory, this book explains organizations as flexible, open networks in which both human and non-human actors enter into socio-technical assemblies by constantly negotiating and re-negotiating programs of action. Organizations are not macro social structures or autonomous systems operating behind the backs of individuals. Instead, they are scalable actor-networks guided by network norms of connectivity, flow, communication, participation, authenticity, and flexibility. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272). |
ISBN: | 9783839436165 3839436168 |