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Software and Organisations : The Biography of the Enterprise-Wide System or How SAP Conquered the World by Robin Williams and Neil Pollock (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Through tracing and comparing the 'biography’ of a number of software systems the authors develop a new vocabulary for the dynamics that surround standardised software.

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This is the first book that addresses the genesis and career of the modern day enterprise system in a comprehensive and robust manner. It does so through setting out a new approach for the study of packaged solutions and presents novel empirical studies based on in-depth ethnographic and longitudinal research conducted within supplier organisations and other relevant sites. The authors shift the debate within the social study of information systems, from one that is primarily focused on 'implementation studies', to one that follows software as it evolves, matures and crosses organisational boundaries. Through tracing and comparing the 'biography' of a number of software systems the authors develop a new vocabulary for the dynamics that surround standardised software. Original in its approach, this book draws on a number of ethnographic studies in supplier organisations, user settings, user forums, and applies theories from the Sociology of Technology, Technology Studies, Innovation Studies, and beyond. As such it will be of interest across all of these subject areas and to researchers from the wider fields of Information Systems and Business Studies.

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Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415521602
ISBN-13
9780415521604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113167368

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Author
Neil Pollock, Robin Williams
Publication Name
Software and Organisations : The Biography of the Enterprise-Wide System or How SAP Conquered the World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hd30.213
Reviews
"The book Pollock and Williams have written is an outstanding achievement and lasting signpost to future research." - Economic & Social Research Council "Software and Organizations is a great academic work, theoretically insightful and empirically potent and compelling. In many respects, the volume could be interpreted as signalling the maturation of the cross-disciplinary field of technology and organization studies...A contribution like the one Pollock and Williams have made has long been wanted."- Jannis Kallinikos, Organization Studies "The brilliant empirical chapters joined with in-depth engagement with the literature leave little to disagree with in Software and Organizations...Indeed, one is tempted to say that it may well show the way to the next wave of technology studies." - Sampsa Hyysalo, Social Studies of Science "The authors convincingly propose a new analytical template, the Biography of Artefacts (BoA) framework, and align themselves with the so-called 'third wave' in Science and Technology Studies...The BoA framework constitutes the epitome of analytical advancements in the study of IT in organisations, over a period of more than 20 years by Edinburgh-based scholars." - Antonios Kaniadakis, Science Studies "Software and Organizations makes an excellent and timely contribution to the literature and is an impressive piece of research...As STS scholars, Pollock and Williams' accomplishment is their commendable theorisation of the relations between technology and society." - Debra Howcroft, New Technology Work & Employment, "The book Pollock and Williams have written is an outstanding achievement and lasting signpost to future research."- Economic & Social Research Council "Software and Organizationsis a great academic work, theoretically insightful and empirically potent and compelling. In many respects, the volume could be interpreted as signalling the maturation of the cross-disciplinary field of technology and organization studies...A contribution like the one Pollock and Williams have made has long been wanted."- Jannis Kallinikos, Organization Studies "The brilliant empirical chapters joined with in-depth engagement with the literature leave little to disagree with in Software and Organizations...Indeed, one is tempted to say that it may well show the way to the next wave of technology studies."- Sampsa Hyysalo, Social Studies of Science "The authors convincingly propose a new analytical template, the Biography of Artefacts (BoA) framework, and align themselves with the so-called 'third wave' in Science and Technology Studies...The BoA framework constitutes the epitome of analytical advancements in the study of IT in organisations, over a period of more than 20 years by Edinburgh-based scholars."- Antonios Kaniadakis, Science Studies "Software and Organizationsmakes an excellent and timely contribution to the literature and is an impressive piece of research...As STS scholars, Pollock and Williams' accomplishment is their commendable theorisation of the relations between technology and society."- Debra Howcroft, New Technology Work & Employment
Table of Content
Introduction 1. The Dynamics of Software Packages 2. Critique of Existing Knowledge 3. The Biography of Artefacts Framework 4. Fitting Standard Software to Non-Standard Organisations 5. Generification Work in the Design of Global Solutions 6. Technology Choice and its Performance: Towards a Sociology of Software Package Procurement 7. Industry Analysts and the Labour of Comparison 8. Passing the User: Searching for Expertise in Globalised Technical Support 9. Discussion and Conclusions
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Software Development & Engineering / General, Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Industrial Management, Information Management, General
Dewey Decimal
658.4038011
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics

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