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Governing Through Technology

Information Artefacts and Social Practice

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Jannis Kallinikos

    1. Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Part of the book series: Technology, Work and Globalization (TWG)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Technology as Object of Social Enquiry

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    Pages 1-11

  3. The Regulative Regime of Technology

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    Pages 12-33

  4. Bounds and Freedoms: Re-Opening the Blackbox of Technology

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    Pages 34-45

  5. Unpacking Information Packages: Rationalization and Governance

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    Pages 46-62

  6. Addendum on the Behavioural Implications of Information Packages

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    Pages 63-71

  7. Control and Complexity in a Connected World

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    Pages 72-90

  8. Cognitive Foundations of Work: The Workplace as Information

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    Pages 91-123

  9. Information Tokens and Reality: A Parable of the Internet

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    Pages 124-142

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 143-160
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Information produced and disseminated by an interlocking ecology of computer-based systems and artifacts currently provides the essential means for planning organizational operations and controlling organizational performances. This book describes the vital importance that digital information acquires in restructuring organizations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Jannis Kallinikos

About the author

JANNIS KALLINIKOS is professor in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics, UK. His current research focuses on the study of technological information in all its forms (text, voice, image) and digital formats and the implications its diffusion carries for organizations and institutions.

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