From Control to Drift : The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures Paperback / softback
by Claudio U. (, Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics) Ciborra
Paperback / softback
Description
Firms are investing considerable resources to create large information infrastructures able to fulfil their varied information-processing and communication needs.
The more the drive towards globalization, the more such infrastructures become crucial.
The 'wiring' of the corporation should be done in a way that is aligned with its corporate strategy -- it is global and generates value. This book presents six in-depth case studies of large corporations -- AstraZeneca, IBM, Norsk Hydro, Roche, SKF, and Statoil -- which offer a rich picture of the main issues involved in information infrastructure implementation and management.
Far from being a linear process, the use of the information infrastructure is in fact an open-ended process, in many cases out of control.
Current management models and consulting advice do not seem to be able to cope with such a business landscape.
This book provides the reader with interpretations and theories tha can foster a different understanding and approach.
Thus, the economics of standards, complexity theory, and actor-network theory are harnessed to penetrate the issues emerging from the case studies and to generate a new conception of the information infrastructure that is relevant both for researchers and practitioners.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages, numerous line figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:28/06/2001
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- ISBN:9780199246632
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages, numerous line figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:28/06/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199246632
