Just ›A Machine for Doing Business‹? : Sociomaterial Configurations of the Intranet in a Post-merger Telecommunications Company /
Schönian, Katja
Just ›A Machine for Doing Business‹? : Sociomaterial Configurations of the Intranet in a Post-merger Telecommunications Company / Katja Schönian. - 1 online resource (244 p.) - Arbeit und Organisation ; 8 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1 Introduction: Intranet technologies -- 2 Researching the Intranet in Telecompany-X: Methodological Considerations -- 3 Cultivating differences: Orientation and sensemaking in the post-merger company -- 4 A “medium of Internal Communications” and an “employee-portal”: The divided Intranet -- 5 “This has to be coordinated”: Interacting with one another as part of ‘mundane’ knowledge work -- 6 Searching “our internal Google”: Working around and towards the intranet -- 7 Conclusion: More than a machine for doing business -- Bibliography
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
How does a new intranet shape an ongoing merger integration process? Katja Schönian analyses internal communication and branding strategies in connection with the implementation of a new company intranet. Based on qualitative data, the study contrasts managerial expectations and everyday usage of the intranet in distinct work settings. Relying on social practice theories and research in Science & Technology Studies, Katja Schönian unpacks the different logics the intranet brings together and, furthermore, interrogates the characteristics that make an (un-)workable technology. This book provides readers with new insights into the dynamics of a merger integration process and the increasing digitalization of contemporary knowledge work.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783839461877
10.1515/9783839461877 doi
Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Information storage and retrieval systems--Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Intranets (Computer networks).
Branding.
Culture.
Digital Media.
Digitalization.
Ethnographic Methodologies.
Information Technology.
Internet.
Organisational Identity.
Practice.
Social Relations.
Sociology of Media.
Sociology of Organizations.
Sociology of Work and Industry.
Sociology.
Work.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Branding. Culture. Digital Media. Digitalization. Ethnographic Methodologies. Information Technology. Internet. Organisational Identity. Practice. Social Relations. Sociology of Media. Sociology of Organizations. Sociology of Work and Industry. Sociology. Work.
HD30.385 / .S36 2022
658/.054682
Just ›A Machine for Doing Business‹? : Sociomaterial Configurations of the Intranet in a Post-merger Telecommunications Company / Katja Schönian. - 1 online resource (244 p.) - Arbeit und Organisation ; 8 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1 Introduction: Intranet technologies -- 2 Researching the Intranet in Telecompany-X: Methodological Considerations -- 3 Cultivating differences: Orientation and sensemaking in the post-merger company -- 4 A “medium of Internal Communications” and an “employee-portal”: The divided Intranet -- 5 “This has to be coordinated”: Interacting with one another as part of ‘mundane’ knowledge work -- 6 Searching “our internal Google”: Working around and towards the intranet -- 7 Conclusion: More than a machine for doing business -- Bibliography
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
How does a new intranet shape an ongoing merger integration process? Katja Schönian analyses internal communication and branding strategies in connection with the implementation of a new company intranet. Based on qualitative data, the study contrasts managerial expectations and everyday usage of the intranet in distinct work settings. Relying on social practice theories and research in Science & Technology Studies, Katja Schönian unpacks the different logics the intranet brings together and, furthermore, interrogates the characteristics that make an (un-)workable technology. This book provides readers with new insights into the dynamics of a merger integration process and the increasing digitalization of contemporary knowledge work.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783839461877
10.1515/9783839461877 doi
Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Information storage and retrieval systems--Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Intranets (Computer networks).
Branding.
Culture.
Digital Media.
Digitalization.
Ethnographic Methodologies.
Information Technology.
Internet.
Organisational Identity.
Practice.
Social Relations.
Sociology of Media.
Sociology of Organizations.
Sociology of Work and Industry.
Sociology.
Work.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Branding. Culture. Digital Media. Digitalization. Ethnographic Methodologies. Information Technology. Internet. Organisational Identity. Practice. Social Relations. Sociology of Media. Sociology of Organizations. Sociology of Work and Industry. Sociology. Work.
HD30.385 / .S36 2022
658/.054682