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CADCAM integration and the practical politics of technological change
Tarek Tantoush, Stewart Clegg, Fiona WilsonDiscusses the issue of computer‐aided design/computer‐aided manufacturing (CADCAM) integration from an organizational point of view. The installation of cross‐functional…
Loveable networks – a story of affection, attraction and treachery
Peter Dobers, Lars StrannegårdIn an increasingly connected age, information technology can be argued to have become more politicized. The attempts to establish network technologies to promote the development…
Humanistic redesign and technological politics in organisations
Richard Badham, Karin Garrety, Christina KirschThe political nature of technology design and implementation is explicitly addressed in “human centred” projects to introduce technologies that support job enrichment, group…
Enterprise resource planning: Information technology as a steamroller for management politics?
Christian KochEnterprise resource planning (ERP) technologies can, despite their apparent flexibility, act as a rather obdurate tool for management’s political programmes. To understand this, a…
Casemix accounting systems and medical coding : Organisational actors balanced on “leaky black boxes”
Alan LoweThe adoption of DRG coding may be seen as a central feature of the mechanisms of the health reforms in New Zealand. This paper presents a story of the use of DRG coding by…
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- Prof Slawomir Magala