Social Dynamics of the IT Field (eBook)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Perspectives on the IT Field -- Part A. Information Technology Cultures -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Divergence and Convergence: A Community Analysis of the Structuring of the Danish IT Field -- Chapter II. Organisational Cultures in Information Technology Firms -- Chapter III. The Unisys Merger - Cultural Perspectives on Information Technology Firms in Transition -- Chapter IV. Organisational Adaptation and Learning within Danish IT Firms -- Chapter V. Understanding the IT People, their Subcultures, and Implications for Management of Technology and Innovation -- Part B. Actors, Networks and Organisations at the Edge of the IT Field -- Introduction -- Chapter VI. Small Enterprises Coping with the Challenges of Information Technology -- Chapter VII. Trade Associations as Mediators of Information Technology to Small and Medium Sized Firms -- Chapter VIII. Purposive and Potential Networks in Small Firms' Adoption of IT -- Part C. The IT People Strategies, Skills and Careers -- Introduction -- Chapter IX. Strategies of IT People in Denmark - Trade Unionism, Craftsmanship and Professionalism -- Chapter X. Beyond Taylorism: The IT Specialists and the Deskilling Hypothesis -- Chapter XI. Understanding the Employment Position of Computer Programmers: A Managerial Strategies Approach -- Chapter XII. The IT People - Historical Development and Present Characteristics -- Appendix -- Data and Methods of the Study -- References -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index