The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Wanda Janina Orlikowski

9780484681162: The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484681168 ISBN 13: 9780484681162

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Rethinking technology in organizations for a more flexible future.

The Duality of Technology presents a clear, accessible look at how technology and organizations influence each other. It blends theory with a rich field study to show why simple cause-and-effect ideas often miss the full picture.

Using a structural model of technology, this book explains how tools shape work and how people and institutions shape those tools in return. It traces how a global consulting firm introduced productivity tools to automate software development, revealing why standardization can both enable and constrain practice.

Learn a practical framework for analyzing technology in real workplaces.
See how management strategy, organizational norms, and concrete tools interact over time.
Explore how production-style technologies emerge, spread, and become embedded in daily tasks.
Understand tensions and possibilities that arise when people adapt or resist new systems.

Ideal for readers of organizational studies, information systems, and business technology looking for concrete how-why insights into technology in practice.

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