New Organizational Designs: Information Aspects
The organizational world today has been characterized in various terms - turmoil, chaos, the age of paradox and unreason. Common to all these characterizations is that the conventional wisdom fails in responding to novel challenges triggered by the pervasive and radical change of organizations. Information, knowledge, information worker and information technology are at the epicenter of these changes and surprises. This book explores new organizational designs, such as, the network and virtual organization from the information perspective. In addition, proposed is a model of the nontraditional organization in which information work evolves around teams that directly serve customers. This model was put on a test, and elements of the nontraditional organization were identified in firms that have been around for quite some time - the public accounting industry, and specifically its technologically most advanced segment. The book aims at transferring experience and facilitating interest for methods of organizing suitable for the information age.
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New Organizational Designs: Information Aspects
The organizational world today has been characterized in various terms - turmoil, chaos, the age of paradox and unreason. Common to all these characterizations is that the conventional wisdom fails in responding to novel challenges triggered by the pervasive and radical change of organizations. Information, knowledge, information worker and information technology are at the epicenter of these changes and surprises. This book explores new organizational designs, such as, the network and virtual organization from the information perspective. In addition, proposed is a model of the nontraditional organization in which information work evolves around teams that directly serve customers. This model was put on a test, and elements of the nontraditional organization were identified in firms that have been around for quite some time - the public accounting industry, and specifically its technologically most advanced segment. The book aims at transferring experience and facilitating interest for methods of organizing suitable for the information age.
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New Organizational Designs: Information Aspects

New Organizational Designs: Information Aspects

by Bob Travica
New Organizational Designs: Information Aspects

New Organizational Designs: Information Aspects

by Bob Travica

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Overview

The organizational world today has been characterized in various terms - turmoil, chaos, the age of paradox and unreason. Common to all these characterizations is that the conventional wisdom fails in responding to novel challenges triggered by the pervasive and radical change of organizations. Information, knowledge, information worker and information technology are at the epicenter of these changes and surprises. This book explores new organizational designs, such as, the network and virtual organization from the information perspective. In addition, proposed is a model of the nontraditional organization in which information work evolves around teams that directly serve customers. This model was put on a test, and elements of the nontraditional organization were identified in firms that have been around for quite some time - the public accounting industry, and specifically its technologically most advanced segment. The book aims at transferring experience and facilitating interest for methods of organizing suitable for the information age.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781567504040
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 05/18/1999
Series: Information Management, Policy and Service Series
Pages: 1
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

BOB TRAVICA studied jourbanalism, communication, and information science in Europe and the Unied States. He spent 12 years of his professional career in jourbanalism, in a corporate information function, and in software entrepreneurship. Currently, he teaches management and information systems at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Table of Contents

Introduction
New Organizational Designs
Non-Traditional Organization
Structural Aspects. Cultural Aspects
Political Aspects. Information Aspects
Information Technology
Public Accounting Industry
Role of Information Technology
Teamwork Beyond Lip Service
De-Differentiation and Detraditionalization
Uncertainty Ahead
References
Appendix
About the Author
Index

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