Organizing Networks

Andréa Belliger

ISBN 10: 383763616X / ISBN 13: 9783837636161

Published by Transcript Verlag Jul 2023, 2023

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Neuware -What are organizations Where do they come from How are they transformed and adapted to new situations In the digital age and in the global network society, traditional theories of the organization can no longer answer these questions. Based on actor-network theory, this book explains organizations as flexible, open networks in which both human and non-human actors enter into socio-technical assemblies by constantly negotiating and re-negotiating programs of action. Organizations are not macro social structures or autonomous systems operating behind the backs of individuals. Instead, they are scalable actor-networks guided by network norms of connectivity, flow, communication, participation, authenticity, and flexibility. 272 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Organizing Networks
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag Jul 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383763616X
• ISBN 13: 9783837636161
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 148H x 19D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 427 grams

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Synopsis

What are organizations? Where do they come from? How are they transformed and adapted to new situations? In the digital age and in the global network society, traditional theories of the organization can no longer answer these questions. Based on actor-network theory, this book explains organizations as flexible, open networks in which both human and non-human actors enter into socio-technical assemblies by constantly negotiating and re-negotiating programs of action. Organizations are not macro social structures or autonomous systems operating behind the backs of individuals. Instead, they are scalable actor-networks guided by network norms of connectivity, flow, communication, participation, authenticity, and flexibility.

About the Authors

Andréa Belliger (Prof. Dr.) ist Co-Direktorin des Instituts für Kommunikation & Führung in Luzern und Prorektorin der Pädagogischen Hochschule Zentralschweiz. Sie ist Verwaltungsrätin in verschiedenen Unternehmen in den Bereichen Gesundheit, Finanzen und Banken, Sozialverwaltung, Energie und Bildung sowie als Beraterin für Unternehmen und Behörden in allen Aspekten der digitalen Transformation tätig. 2018/19 wurde sie unter die Top 100 Women in Business in der Schweiz gewählt und war für den Female Digital Leader Award nominiert.

David J. Krieger (Prof. Dr. habil. habil.), Philosoph, ist Direktor des IKF – Institut für Kommunikation und Führung in Luzern. Er war Mitbegründer des Instituts für Kommunikation und Kultur an der Universität Luzern, wo er sich in Religionswissenschaft und in Kommunikationswissenschaft habilitiert hat. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie, Systemtheorie, Hermeneutik, Informationstheorie, Digitale Ethik und Neue Medien.