Management and Information Technology: Challenges for the Modern Organization

ISBN-13: 9780415888165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 236 str.

Peter Ekman;Peter Dahlin;¬Abar

Opis

Presenting theories to help the reader understand the varying roles IT can occupy in different organizations, this volume illustrates the ways in which IT has become a key strategic tool.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. Peter Dahlin and Peter Ekman  2. Balancing between Entrepreneurship and Control Through the Use of Management Control Systems and Information Technology. Eva Lövstål  3. The Challenge of Differing Actor Groups within an Enterprise Resource Planning Project. Gunilla Myreteg  4. Expanding the Knowledge Structure of Firms: An Illustration of How Organizations Experiment with Information Technology to Harness the Knowledge of the Masses. Leon Michael Caesarius  5. Management of Asynchronous and Synchronous E-Learning. Stefan Hrastinski  6. The Limitations of Enterprise Systems for Marketers and Salesmen. Peter Ekman  7. Integration of Information Technology in Business Relationships: A Managerial Issue. Cecilia Lindh  8. Internal Accounting Information Systems and Inter-Organizational Coordination: Episodes Involving Balanced Scorecard and Differential Customer Accounting. Lars Frimanson  9. Expansion of IT Business Through Cross-Industry Mergers and Acquisitions. Peter Dahlin  10. Measuring the Impact of IT in the Swedish Logging Industry. Maria Kollberg Thomassen  11. IT Innovation Influence and Industrial Transformation: The Case of the Swedish Graphic Industry. Mathias Cöster  12. The Do’s and Don’ts of Digitization—IT and Organization in Health Care. Pontus Fryk  13. Technology Acceptance Research: Reflections on the Use of a Theory. Christina Keller  14. Developing Patterns of Explanations: Methodological Considerations When Analyzing Qualitative Data. Magnus Hansson  List of Contributors  Index

O autorze

Peter Ekman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, Mälardalen University, Sweden.

Peter Dahlin is Associate Research Fellow in the Research School of Management and IT (MIT), Sweden.