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    Information Systems and Global Diversity by Avgerou, Chrisanthi;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 31 January 2002

    • ISBN 9780199240777
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages280 pages
    • Size 241x161x19 mm
    • Weight 541 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This book studies the intertwined processes of information systems implementation and organizational change within the current trend of economic globalization. It highlights the significance of local context and points out the institutional forces and the multiple rationalities that influence the implementation and use of information technology in diverse organizational settings.

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    Long description:

    It is often assumed that the impact and implementation of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) will or should be the same in all situations with little regard to the particular social or cultural context. Drawing on experience and research in different societies (Europe, Latin America, etc.), this book explains the nature of organizational diversity in which ICT innovation takes place, and also develops a conceptual approach to account for it.

    The book draws from institutionalist concepts of organizations, the sociology of technology, current debates on globalization, and critiques of the rationality of modernity. The theoretical perspective is supported empirically by four international case studies. The author shows how the processes of ICT innovation and organizational change reflect local aspirations, concerns, and action, as well as the multiple institutional influences of globalization.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Part I:Theory
    The Institutional Nature of ICT and Organizational Change
    The Socio-technical Nature of Information Systems Innovation
    Multiple Situated Rationalities
    The Global, the Local, and the Disembedded
    Part II: Insights from Case Studies
    Pemex-Transforming a National Company
    IKA-Striving to Modernize a State Bureaucracy
    An Experiment of Flexible Specialization in Cyprus
    Medical Drug Utilization Information Systems in the United States and Europe
    The Nature and Significance of Global Diversity for Information Systems
    Appendix

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