Shaping Organization Form Communication, Connection, and Community [Paperback]

Shaping Organization Form considers the role of new communication technologies in shaping organizations today and in the future.

Four key themes are considered in depth: changes in technology, changes in organizational form, and their mutual influence on one another; evolutionary processes in organizations and the ways in which technology can influence these processes; the development of organizational communities and inter-organizational relationships that are mediated by electronic communication systems; and major controversies surrounding electronically mediated organizations and directions for future research that flow out of these controversies.

Shaping Organization Form considers the role of new communication technologies in shaping organizations today and in the future.

Four key themes are considered in depth: changes in technology, changes in organizational form, and their mutual influence on one another; evolutionary processes in organizations and the ways in which technology can influence these processes; the development of organizational communities and inter-organizational relationships that are mediated by electronic communication systems; and major controversies surrounding electronically mediated organizations and directions for future research that flow out of these controversies.

Introduction - Geraldine DeSanctis and Janet Fulk
NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW FORMS OF ORGANIZING
Articulation of Communication Technology and Organizational Form - Janet Fulk and Geraldine DeSanctis
In Search of a New Organizational Model - Lynda M Applegate
Lessons from the Field
Communication Technology for Global Network Organizations - Peter Monge and Janet Fulk
The Role of Information Technology in the Transformation of Work - Susan J Winter and S Lynne Taylor
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