Social Dynamics Of The It Field: The Case Of Denmark (de Gruyter Studies In Organization)

Mehr als ein Viertel aller Anlageinvestitionen in der Bundesrepublik fließen in den Wohnungsbau. Warum und unter welchen Bedingungen sich diese Investitionen lohnen, wird in diesem Werk erklärt. Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Perspectives on the IT Field Part A. Information Technology Cultures Introduction Chapter I. Divergence and Convergence: A Community Analysis of the Structuring of the Danish IT Field Chapter II. Organisational Cultures in Information Technology Firms Chapter III. The Unisys Merger - Cultural Perspectives on Information Technology Firms in Transition Chapter IV. Organisational Adaptation and Learning within Danish IT Firms Chapter V. Understanding the IT People, their Subcultures, and Implications for Management of Technology and Innovation Part B. Actors, Networks and Organisations at the Edge of the IT Field Introduction Chapter VI. Small Enterprises Coping with the Challenges of Information Technology Chapter VII. Trade Associations as Mediators of Information Technology to Small and Medium Sized Firms Chapter VIII. Purposive and Potential Networks in Small Firms' Adoption of IT Part C. The IT People Strategies, Skills and Careers Introduction Chapter IX. Strategies of IT People in Denmark - Trade Unionism, Craftsmanship and Professionalism Chapter X. Beyond Taylorism: The IT Specialists and the Deskilling Hypothesis Chapter XI. Understanding the Employment Position of Computer Programmers: A Managerial Strategies Approach Chapter XII. The IT People - Historical Development and Present Characteristics Appendix Data and Methods of the Study References Bibliographical Notes Index This book is based on a national study of the people working with information technology. Through comprehensive and multifaceted analyses it depicts the structuring of the social field emerging from the different types of information technology environments. It is a sociological study of organisations and actors engaged in the production, implementation and application of information technology. Mapping the IT field, the authors focus on three different types of social dynamics: Information technology cultures: Prevaling norms, symbols and beliefs among IT people; actors, networks and organisations at the edge of the IT field. The role of mediators in the dissemination of IT; the IT people - strategies, skills and careers. New development in the occupational structure of IT people and the strategies they pursue