Information Technology and Organizational Transformation - Softcover

Aubert, Benoit; Patry, Michel; Smith, Heather; Pare, Guy; Rivard, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750662026 ISBN 13: 9780750662024

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

This text is designed to help managers who have to deal with a complex environment, and who are often presented with "ready-made" solutions as to how to best organize their firm, to best use information technology. The book presents a simple and attractive framework within which managers can analyze their firm's environment and characteristics, and reflect on the most appropriate way - for them - to "put the puzzle together." It provides the manager and student with an integrated conceptual but pragmatic framework to analyze their situation. Courses examining the role of Information Technology in emerging organizational forms will find a well-grounded conceptual framework, illustrated with in-depth case studies. The book draws from the latest research in industrial organization, strategy, information technology, organizational theory, and leadership. It examines the individual puzzle pieces that have to be put together - strategy, structure, information technology, and leadership, and present the cases of three firms that were equally successful in putting these pieces together, while choosing pieces with dramatically different forms and adjusting them in radically different ways.The three in-depth cases included in the book are international:Oticon is a Danish firm with close to 1500 employees and is a world leader in the manufacture of hearing aids. Li & Fung is another, fist established in Canton and is an international trading company.Progressive Insurance which is the third largest insurance company in the US.

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Michael Flood, Judith Kegan Gardiner, Bob Pease, Keith Pringle

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This text is designed to help managers who have to deal with a complex environment, and who are often presented with "ready-made" solutions as to how to best organize their firm, to best use information technology.

Information Technology and Organizational Transformation presents a simple and attractive framework within which managers can analyse their firm's environment and characteristics, and reflect on the most appropriate way - for them - to "put the puzzle together." It provides a clearly structured treatment of organizational issues, strategy, and people issues and how they are impacted by technology

The book draws from the latest research in industrial organization, strategy, information technology, organizational theory, and leadership. It examines the individual puzzle pieces that have to be put together - strategy, structure, information technology, and leadership. It presents the cases of three firms, Oticon, Li & Fung and Progressive Insurance, that were equally successful in putting these pieces together, while choosing pieces with dramatically different forms and adjusting them in radically different ways.

This text provides the manager and student with an integrated conceptual but pragmatic framework to analyse their situation. Courses examining the role of Information Technology in emerging organizational forms will find a well-grounded conceptual framework, illustrated with in-depth case studies.

Suzanne Rivard
Benoit A. Aubert
Michel Patry
Guy Paré
Heather Smith

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Presents a simple and attractive framework within which managers can analyze their firm's environment and characteristics, and reflect on the most appropriate way - for them - to "put the puzzle together"

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750662026
• ISBN 13: 9780750662024
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336