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Information and Communication Technologies in Action

Linking Theories and Narratives of Practice

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-415-96546-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Erscheinungstermin: 01.01.2008
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This book combines 20 stories from a variety of organizations with a selection of nine theories, both mainstream and emerging. The stories introduce readers to individuals talking about how they communicate today via information and communication technologies (ICTs) in business or organizational contexts. The theories, presented in accessible language, illuminate the implicit patterns in these stories. This book demonstrates how and why these technologies are used under myriad circumstances.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780415965460
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-415-96546-0
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.01.2008
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2008
  • Serie: Routledge Communication Series
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 649 g
  • Seiten: 302
  • Format (B x H x T): 180 x 242 x 21 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Media Choice and ICT Use

2. The Role of Credibility and Trust in ICT Studies

3. Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations

4. A Garbage Can Model of Information Communication Technology Choice

5. Impression Management and ICTs

6. Enactment and Sensemaking in Organizations

7. Giddens’ Structuration Theory and ICTs

8. Complexity Theories and ICTs

9. ICT and Culture

10. The Frustrated Professor

11. Teaching the Good Old Boys New Tricks: Taking ICTs to the Bank

12. From Blunt Talk to Kid Gloves: The Importance of Adaptability Across Culture

13. Slowing Down in the Fast Lane

14. Serving the Customer Locally Without Moving There: How to Use ICTs to Project a Local Presence

15. Overloaded But Not Overwhelmed: Communication in Inter-Organizational Relationships

16. Depending on the Kindness of Strangers: Using Newsgroups for Just-in-Time Learning

17. Building a Medical Community Using Remote Diagnosis:

18. Don’t Get Between Me and My Customer: How Changing Jobs Shifts ICT Use

19. Fighting Uncertainty With Intelligence

20. Close Up. From a Distance: Using ICTs for Managing International Manufacturing

21. Over the Hill but on Top of the World: An Atypical Salesperson

22. The Role of ICTs in Maintaining Personal Relationships Across Distance and Cultures

23. One in the Hand is Worth Two on the Web: Relying on Tradition When Selling Financial Services

24. Do What You Do Well and Outsource the Rest

25. Orchestrating Communication: The Process of Selling in the Semiconductor Market

26. Nothing Fishy Going on Here: Tracing the Quality of the Seafood Product

27. From Information to Emotion: The Changing Use of ICTs Following the 9/11 Tragedy

28. Give Me a Cellphone and I’ll Give You Trouble: Technology Usage in a Young Start-Up

29. Information Will Get You to Heaven

Index

About the Authors