This book explores the ways in which organizations design, build, and use information technology systems. In particular it looks at the interactions between these IT-centered activities and the broader management processes within organizations.
1: Introduction: The Problematic of IT and Organization (Brian P. Bloomfield, Rod Coombs, David Knights, and Dale Littler Part I: Strategies and Markets 2: 'We Should be Total Slaves to the Business': Aligning IT and Strategy - Issues and Evidence,David Knights, Faith Noble, and Hugh Willmott 3: Markets, Managers, and Messages: Managing Information Systems in Financial Services,David Knights and Fergus Murray 4: Paradigm Thinking and Strategy Development: Marketing Strategy in IT Sectors,Dominic Wilson, Dale Littler, and Margaret Bruce Part II: Integrating Technology and Organization 5: Paper Traces: Inscribing Organizations and IT,Brian P. Bloomfield and Theo Vurdubakis 6: Doctors as Managers: Constructing Systems and Users in the NHS,Brian P. Bloomfield and Rod Coombs Part III: Networks 7: Networking as Knowledge Work: A Study of Strategic Interorganizational Development in the Financial Service Industry,David Knights, Fergus Murray, and Hugh Willmott 8: Putting IT in its Place: Towards Flexible Integration in the Network Age?,Fergus Murray and Hugh Willmott
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