Organizational Information Systems in the Context of Globalization :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
IFIP TC8 & TC9
First Statement of Responsibility
WG8.2 & WG9.4 Working Conference on Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization June 15-17, 2003, Athens, Greece / edited by Mikko Korpela, Ramiro Montealegre, Angeliki Poulymenakou.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer US
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xiii, 465 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing, 126.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1 Perspectives and Challenges of Organizational Information Systems in the Context of Globalization --;1: Work Practices and Their Transformation --;2 ICTs Supporting Targetmania: How the UK Health Sector is Trying to Modernise --;3 Counter Networks, Communication and Health Information Systems: A Case Study from Mozambique --;4 Coordinating Work with Groupware: The Challenge of Integrating Protocol and Artefact --;5 CRM in Call Centres: The Logic of Practice --;6 Back to Basics: Sharing Goals and Developing Trust in Global Virtual Teams --;2: Organizations, Corporations and Institutions --;7 Have You Got Anything to Declare? Neo-Colonialism, Information Systems, and the Imposition of Customs and Duties in a Third World Country --;8 Innovation Theories in Retrospect: The Case of Electronic Commerce Adoption in Small Business in New Zealand --;9 Organizational and National Issues of an ERP Implementation in a Portuguese Company --;10 ICTs and Organizational Control Across Cultures: The Case of a UK Multinational Operating in China --;11 On the Implementation of an Information System in the Mozambican Context: The EDM Case --;12 Implementing Global Information Technology Product in a Localized Context: An Exploratory Study of ERP System Implementation in China --;3: ICT Industries and Systems Development --;13 The Process of Offshore Software Development: Preliminary Studies of UK Companies in Malaysia --;14 China Telecommunications Transformation in Globalization Context: A Structuration Perspective --;15 Factors Influencing Ireland's Software Industry: Lessons for Economic Development through IT --;16 Russian High-Speed Software Development: Overcoming the Challenges of Globalization --;17 Institutional Structures and Participation: Comparative Case Studies from India --;4: Societal Dynamics --;18 Social Exclusion and Information Systems in Community Healthcare --;19 Knowledge, NGOs and Networks: Applying Epistemology to the Work of Development --;20 Less Cyber, More Café: Design Implications for Easing the Digital Divide with Locally Social Cyber Cafes --;21 Can E-Marketplaces Bridge the Digital Divide? --;22 The Footprint of Regulation: How Information Systems are Affecting the Sources of Control in a Global Economy --;5: Cultural, Philosophical and Policy Issues --;23 The Link Between ICT and Economic Growth in the Discourse of Development --;24 Good Governance and Development Aid: Risks and Challenges of E-Government in Jordan --;25 The Emergence of ICTs for Developing Countries: Using Dramatistic Analysis to Identify the Heroes and Villains --;26 The 'Ear' and 'Eye' Digital Divide --;27 Cross-Cultural IS Adoption in Multinational Corporations: A Study of Rationality --;6: Panels --;28 Professional Societies in Information Systems: A Force for Globalisation or Good? --;29 Open Source and Free Software: Organizational and Societal Implications --;Index of Contributors.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Organizational Information Systems in the Context of Globalization exemplifies the role of social theory in approaching ICT utilization challenges in a globalization context.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Computer science.
Economics.
Information systems.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA76
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9
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M3
Book number
W494
2003
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
WG8.2 & WG9.4 Working Conference on Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization June 15-17, 2003, Athens, Greece / edited by Mikko Korpela, Ramiro Montealegre, Angeliki Poulymenakou.