Abstract
The contribution examines the organisation as framework for
participation with focus on employees possibilities to impact the
development of integrative information technology. These IT
systems integrate across functions inside and outside the
traditional organisation. Case studies carried out in danish
industry indicates that the organisation is a poor unit of
operation for participative management related to integrative IT.
It is proposed rather to use segments as a analytical unit for
participation and influence. A segment consists of a IT- supplier
and his customer. It is argued that supplier and customer tend to
build up a interdependency of economic, social and technical
character. The segments works as a fortification of a dominant
alliance between suppliers representatives and parts of
management. The contribution argues for a revival of the
collective ressource approach or other societal strategies
breaking the "single company" paradigm that dominates a number of
discourses aiming at developing work.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IEA'97 Proceedings, volume 1 Organisational Design &Management |
Place of Publication | Helsinki |
Publisher | IEA |
Publication date | 1997 |
Pages | 381-383 |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Event | The 13th Triennial Conference of IEA - Tampere, Finland Duration: 29 Jun 1997 → 4 Jul 1997 Conference number: 13 |
Conference
Conference | The 13th Triennial Conference of IEA |
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Number | 13 |
Country/Territory | Finland |
City | Tampere |
Period | 29/06/1997 → 04/07/1997 |