Valuing Technology : Organisations, Culture and Change (Paperback)

Introduction. Valuing Technology . Technology acquisition and consumption. Drivers of change: organisational and technological imperatives. Organisational Cultures and Identities . Administering organisational space: standardisation and malleability. Mediating change: corporate and workplace culture. Rationalising knowledge: professional identity and the construction of need. Gendered organisation, gendered technology. Finding Certainty . Making it useable: Constructions of usability. Securing stability, constructing value. Conclusions.