Power, politics, and the implementation of management information systems.
This book examines how organizations adopt and use information systems, focusing on who gains and loses power as systems are designed and used.
Framed through the political perspective, it shows that success depends not just on technical fixes but on social dynamics inside the company. The text explores how resistance, collaboration, and everyday actions shape outcomes, with real-world examples of how data access, control, and distribution influence decision making.
- Understand how power and accountability shift when a system changes how data is shared or controlled.
- Learn how user reactions, adaptation, and informal work practices affect whether a system is embraced or resisted.
- See how design choices and organizational history interact to produce different results in practice.
- Gain practical insight into evaluating information systems beyond technical performance, including organizational impact.
Ideal for readers curious about how technology, people, and power shape organizational change.