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Teams, Markets and Systems Business Innovation and Information Technology [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Business & Economics)
  • Author:  Ciborra, Claudio U.
  • Author:  Ciborra, Claudio U.
  • ISBN-10:  052157465X
  • ISBN-10:  052157465X
  • ISBN-13:  9780521574655
  • ISBN-13:  9780521574655
  • Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
  • Pages:  272
  • Pages:  272
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-1996
  • Pub Date:  01-May-1996
  • SKU:  052157465X-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  052157465X-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 101451611
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Shows how information technology can be put to work to transform business organizations.There is presently a gap between the pace of technological change and the progress of organizational transformation in business. This book provides a new set of concepts linking the latest technology with our understanding of economic organizations.There is presently a gap between the pace of technological change and the progress of organizational transformation in business. This book provides a new set of concepts linking the latest technology with our understanding of economic organizations.There is presently a gap between the pace of technological change and the progress of organizational transformation in business. This book provides a new set of concepts linking the latest technology with our understanding of economic organizations. The author uses the principles of institutional economics to show how information technology can be put to work to transform business organizations, improving their effectiveness and the quality of working life of their members, using examples from airlines, financial markets, and nonprofit organizations.Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 1. Cognitive models of man, organization and information; 2. Teams; 3. Mediating technologies; 4. Team-support systems; Part II. Design: 6. Transaction-cost analysis information systems; 7. Analysis costs and benefits; 8. Systems development: a contractual view; 9. Tactical information systems; Part III. Applications: 10. Creating electronic markets: the case of fixed income bonds; 11. Groupware, teams and markets in an airline; 12. Networks and markets in public administration; Conclusion. ...the book offers a novel approach to system development for those interested in the organizational implications of information systems. Vijay R. Kannan Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
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