Information, Organization and Management

by Picot, Arnold; Reichwald, Ralf; Wigand, Rolf

• ISBN13: 9783540713944
• ISBN10: 3540713948
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Information, Organization and Management is a comprehensive treatment of the economic and technical foundations for new organizational forms, relations and processes. It provides a wide range of underlying concepts and frameworks that help the reader understand the major forces driving organizational and marketplace change, rather than presenting these changes as simple outcomes of technological or management fads. "The book has a heavier than usual economic bent, yet also considers the human cognitive aspects. The emphasis throughout is on the total concepts, with subsections at the end of each chapter describing the role of information and the implications for management. The content is well worth reading." Paul Gray, Claremont Graduate School and University of California at Irvine.

Author Biography

Arnold Picot holds the Chair of the Institute for Information, Organization and Management at the Munich School of Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. V
Table of Figures	p. XIII
Abbreviations	p. XVII
Information, Organization, and Management: The Corporation Without Boundaries	p. 1
Changes in Competitive Environments and Corporate Structures	p. 3
Transition to New Organization and Management Models	p. 7
Structure and Special Features of This Book	p. 12
Market Dynamics and Competition: The Fundamental Role of Information	p. 19
Case Study Chapter 2: The Rise and Fall of Netscape	p. 21
Why Corporations and Markets?	p. 22
Markets and Entrepreneurship	p. 28
Theories of Organization	p. 34
Information and Network Economy	p. 51
Changes in Firms and Markets Through Improvement in Information and Communication Technology	p. 58
Implications for Management	p. 62
Fundamental Information and Communication Models: Insights into Communication and Information Behavior	p. 65
The Importance of Information and Communication in Organizations	p. 67
Selected Models of Information Behavior	p. 68
Selected Models of Communication Behavior	p. 75
Task-Medium-Communication	p. 89
Knowledge Models	p. 98
Information, Communication, and Trust	p. 102
Implications for Management	p. 111
The Potential of Information and Communication Technology for Corporate Development	p. 115
Benefits and Adoption Levels of Technology	p. 117
Information and Communication Technology Development Trends	p. 119
Information Deployment Within the Firm	p. 152
Information and Communication Systems	p. 164
Implications for Management	p. 181
The Dissolving of Hierarchies - Modularizing the Enterprise	p. 183
Case Study Chapter 5: The "Spaghetti Organization" of Oticon	p. 185
Fundamentals of Modularization	p. 186
Implementation Forms of Modularization	p. 194
The Competitive Advantage of Modularization from the Theoretical Model Perspective	p. 208
The Role of ICT in Modularization	p. 221
Implications for Management	p. 230
Dissolution of the Company - Symbiosis and Networks	p. 233
Case Study Chapter 6: Colliers International Property Inc. - An Example of a Worldwide Entrepreneurial Network	p. 235
The Basic Idea of Hybrid Organization Structures	p. 236
Explaining the Development of Hybrid Organizations	p. 237
Implementation Forms of Hybrid Organizations	p. 246
The Role of ICT	p. 259
Implications for Management	p. 265
New Forms of Market Coordination - Electronic Markets	p. 271
Case Study Chapter 7: Covisint - An Electronic Marketplace for the Automobile Industry	p. 273
Basic Concept of Electronic Markets	p. 274
Types of Electronic Markets	p. 276
Approaches for the Explanation of Electronic Markets	p. 285
The Role of Information and Communication Technology	p. 312
Implications for Management	p. 313
Overcoming Location Boundaries: Telecooperation and Virtual Enterprises	p. 317
Case Study Chapter 8: "The Worldwide Group" - A Future Work Scenario?	p. 319
The Fundamental Idea of Dispersed Organizations	p. 323
Implementation Models of Dispersed Organizations	p. 330
Explanatory Approaches for Dispersed Organizations	p. 352
The Role of Communication and Information Technology	p. 360
Implications for Management	p. 363
People in the Boundaryless Organization: New Demands on Employees and Managers	p. 369
People in the Boundaryless Organization	p. 371
New Roles of Customers, Employees, and Managers in the Boundaryless Organization	p. 376
How Communication and Organization Change Affect People	p. 384
Tackling the Future Organization and Its Challenges for People	p. 403
ICT and the New Role of People Within Boundaryless Organizations	p. 418
Implications for Management	p. 420
Controlling the Boundaryless Enterprise: Strategies and Control Systems	p. 423
Case Study Chapter 10: The Virtual Factory of North West Switzerland/Mittelland	p. 425
Strategic Challenges for Boundaryless Organizations	p. 427
Controlling Challenges in Boundaryless Organizations	p. 433
Interface Coordination in the Boundaryless Organization	p. 436
Area of Tension Between Direct and Indirect Management	p. 440
Controlling Systems	p. 446
Implications for Management	p. 475
References	p. 477
Index	p. 533
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