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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 110)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Placing Language in the Foreground: Themes and Methods in Information Technology Discourse
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Analytical Frameworks
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Front Matter
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Mobilization of Power
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IS Planning and Projects
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Keywords
About this book
Over the past 20 years, the field of information systems has grown dramatically in theoretical diversity and global reach. This growth is reflected in the language that policy makers and organizational stakeholders use when they talk about their IT plans. As information technology penetrates further into organizational and global life, it becomes ever more important to articulate assumptions embedded in the discourse. This will help to clarify the complex and yet conceptually improvised or pasted-up worldview that becomes embodied in systems. The assumptions point to particular domains of discourse. The discourse sets up conventions and boundaries. It thus shapes what can or cannot legitimately be talked about, researched, addressed, or solved within the scope of IT.
A number of practical and theoretical topics are discussed in detail, including:
*Globalization, development, and space;
*Mobilization of power;
*ERP systems;
*IS planning and projects;
*Critical research and the study of discourse;
*Public institutions;
*Analytical frameworks.
This book contains the selected proceedings of the Working Conference on Global and Organizational Discourse About Information Technology, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Barcelona, Spain in December 2002.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global and Organizational Discourse about Information Technology
Book Subtitle: IFIP TC8 / WG8.2 Working Conference on Global and Organizational Discourse about Information Technology December 12–14, 2002, Barcelona, Spain
Editors: Eleanor H. Wynn, Edgar A. Whitley, Michael D. Myers, Janice I. DeGross
Series Title: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35634-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7325-0Published: 30 November 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-5328-8Published: 09 June 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-35634-1Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 1868-4238
Series E-ISSN: 1868-422X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 550
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Business Mathematics, Management of Computing and Information Systems, Innovation/Technology Management, Organization