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Articulation of Communication Technology and Organizational Form

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Articulation of Communication Technology and Organizational Form
Abstract/Description
Modern communication technologies are providing the potential to redesign the structure of the firm and the ways in which work is conducted. From telephones and electronic mail to more sophisticated systems, such as electronic conferencing, discussion databases, cognitive mapping, and group decision support software, communication systems are being used to rethink the practice of management and organization - whether formal work arrangements or self-created "virtual" communities. This thought-provoking volume considers the role of new communication technologies in shaping organizations today and in the future.

Four key themes are considered in depth:
1. Changes in technology, changes in organizational form, and their mutual influence on one another
2. Evolutionary processes in organizations and the ways in which technology can influence these processes
3. The development of organizational communities and interorganizational relationships that are mediated by electronic communication systems
4. Major controversies surrounding electronically mediated organizations and directions for future research that flow out of these controversies.

The contributing authors of Shaping Organization Form have collaborated to write an essential volume for the students of the organizations of the future.
Author/creator
Fulk, Janet
DeSanctis, Gerardine
Date
2022
In publication
Shaping Organization Form: Communication, Connection, and Community
Editor
DeSanctis, Gerardine
Fulk, Janet
Pages
5-32
Publisher
SAGE
Resource type
en Background/Context
Medium
en Print
Background/context type
en Conceptual
Open access/free-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en Yes
Language
en
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage for Book (SAGE)
Citation
Fulk, J., & DeSanctis, G. (2022). Articulation of Communication Technology and Organizational Form. In G. DeSanctis & J. Fulk (Eds.), Shaping Organization Form: Communication, Connection, and Community (pp. 5–32). SAGE. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/shaping-organization-form/book7148
Cited in
The Work of Improvement
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Textbook
Place
Thousand Oaks, CA
Item sets
Handbook Chapter 2 Citations

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