The Information Processing Theory Of Organization

Author : John L. Kmetz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429780837

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The Information Processing Theory of Organization by John L. Kmetz Pdf

First published in 1998, revised in 2021, this volume develops and tests an information-processing model of organization, within the context of the accession of a new generation of a production technology. The model conceptualizes organizations as systems which accomplish their objectives through the processing of information. The book begins with the conceptual basis of the theory, developing the fundamental concepts of information, information processing, and technology. The accession of an automatic avionics tester during the 1970s and 1980s is the change in production technology used to test the theory. The theory is tested by mapping and analysing performance with a three-wave longitudinal field experiment and objective performance measures in the workflow of a very complex system, the U.S. Navy’s avionics maintenance organization. The information processing capacity of the system is shown to be the primary determinant of system performance, with or without the use of information technology. Additional support for the theory comes from newer test and information technologies deployed in the 1980s and 1990s. Implications of this theory for current generations of test technology are provided in the final chapters, along with further development of the theory and its general application to many types of organizations.

Author : Yogesh K. Dwivedi,Michael R. Wade,Scott L. Schneberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1441997075

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Information Systems Theory by Yogesh K. Dwivedi,Michael R. Wade,Scott L. Schneberger Pdf

The overall mission of this book is to provide a comprehensive understanding and coverage of the various theories and models used in IS research. Specifically, it aims to focus on the following key objectives: To describe the various theories and models applicable to studying IS/IT management issues. To outline and describe, for each of the various theories and models, independent and dependent constructs, reference discipline/originating area, originating author(s), seminal articles, level of analysis (i.e. firm, individual, industry) and links with other theories. To provide a critical review/meta-analysis of IS/IT management articles that have used a particular theory/model. To discuss how a theory can be used to better understand how information systems can be effectively deployed in today’s digital world. This book contributes to our understanding of a number of theories and models. The theoretical contribution of this book is that it analyzes and synthesizes the relevant literature in order to enhance knowledge of IS theories and models from various perspectives. To cater to the information needs of a diverse spectrum of readers, this book is structured into two volumes, with each volume further broken down into two sections. The first section of Volume 1 presents detailed descriptions of a set of theories centered around the IS lifecycle, including the Success Model, Technology Acceptance Model, User Resistance Theories, and four others. The second section of Volume 1 contains strategic and economic theories, including a Resource-Based View, Theory of Slack Resources, Portfolio Theory, Discrepancy Theory Models, and eleven others. The first section of Volume 2 concerns socio-psychological theories. These include Personal Construct Theory, Psychological Ownership, Transactive Memory, Language-Action Approach, and nine others. The second section of Volume 2 deals with methodological theories, including Critical Realism, Grounded Theory, Narrative Inquiry, Work System Method, and four others. Together, these theories provide a rich tapestry of knowledge around the use of theory in IS research. Since most of these theories are from contributing disciplines, they provide a window into the world of external thought leadership.

Author : Jay R. Galbraith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Organization
ISBN : OCLC:14409545

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Organization Design by Jay R. Galbraith Pdf

Author : Robert G. Lord,Karen J. Maher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134858514

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Leadership and Information Processing by Robert G. Lord,Karen J. Maher Pdf

Executive leadership is critically important to understanding the workings and performance of organizations, yet it is a topic that is usually ignored by mainstream leadership research. Leadership and Information Processing provides a much-needed analysis of this crucial element of organizational behaviour. Robert G. Lord and Karen J. Maher examine how executives make decisions and how decision acceptance is constrained by the leadership perceptions of others. Focussing in particular on leadership and social perceptions, perceptions of female leaders, organizational culture, and the effects of executive succession. Leadership and Information Processing offers crucial information for students, researchers and teachers of mangement, business, organizational behavior and organizational/social psychology.

Author : Courtney Young,Sumantra Ghoshal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349225576

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Organization Theory and the Multinational Corporation by Courtney Young,Sumantra Ghoshal Pdf

Despite a shared interest in the analysis of complex organizations operating in complex environments, macro-organization theory and research on the multinational corporation have developed quite independently of each other. This book, the product of a collaborative endeavour by scholars from both fields, represents the first systematic effort to build a broad bridge between these two areas of research.

Author : Christiansen, Bryan
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466647466

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Economic Behavior, Game Theory, and Technology in Emerging Markets by Christiansen, Bryan Pdf

"This book explores game theory and its deep impact in developmental economics, specifically the manner in which it provides a way of formalizing institutions"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Tor Hernes
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191664731

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A Process Theory of Organization by Tor Hernes Pdf

This book presents a novel and comprehensive process theory of organization applicable to 'a world on the move', where connectedness prevails over size, flow prevails over stability, and temporality prevails over spatiality.The framework developed in the book draws upon process thinking in a number of areas, including process philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology, and science and technology studies. Salient ideas from these schools are carefully woven into a process theory of organization, which makes the book not only a thought provoking theoretical contribution, but also a much-needed glimpse into the challenges of organizing in a complex and moving world. Taking a distinctly temporal view of organizational life the author shows how actors continually carve out their temporal existence from being in the flow of time. This on-going work, in which technologies, concepts, and social actors take part, is crucial for the making of any type of organizational formation. A key construct of the book is that of events, which provide force, movement, and historicity to organizational life. The book is suitable for scholars and advanced level students in organization studies, management studies, technology studies, and sociology. It contains a number of practical examples to illustrate the theoretical framework.

Author : R. S. Wyer, Jr.
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317722601

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Cognitive Organization and Change by R. S. Wyer, Jr. Pdf

This book grew out of a graduate course in cognitive organization and change that the author taught during his tenure at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Two primary objectives of the course are reflected in this book: first, to provide a general conceptual framework for critically and systematically analyzing research and theory on attitude and opinion change; second, to stimulate research on fundamental problems, related to these phenomena, that are made salient as a result of this analysis. First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson,Jørn Flohr Nielsen,Charles C. Snow,John Ulhøi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441906274

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New Approaches to Organization Design by Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson,Jørn Flohr Nielsen,Charles C. Snow,John Ulhøi Pdf

Organization design is a key feature of management theory and practice. It addresses the challenges of constructing and maintaining effective organizations. Essential to organizational design is the assumption that it can improve organizations. Faced with the ever-accelerating pace of technological change and the restructuring of markets, many firms have been questioning their own organization. This book is the third to emerge from a series of workshops on organization design, featuring new empirical research and theoretical insights. The chapters are organized around four central themes: 1) Towards New Organizational Forms, 2) Dynamics of Adaptation and Change, 3) Theoretical and Practical issues, 4) Fit and Performance. Collectively, the chapters reflect the state of the art of OD as well as provide a further step towards the evolution of this important field of research.

Author : Henry P. Sims,Dennis A. Gioia
Publisher : San Francisco : Jossey-Bass
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015015289674

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The Thinking Organization by Henry P. Sims,Dennis A. Gioia Pdf

Author : Janet L. Kolodner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317685913

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Retrieval and Organizational Strategies in Conceptual Memory (PLE: Memory) by Janet L. Kolodner Pdf

‘Someday we expect that computers will be able to keep us informed about the news. People have imagined being able to ask their home computers questions such as "What’s going on in the world?"...’. Originally published in 1984, this book is a fascinating look at the world of memory and computers before the internet became the mainstream phenomenon it is today. It looks at the early development of a computer system that could keep us informed in a way that we now take for granted. Presenting a theory of remembering, based on human information processing, it begins to address many of the hard problems implicated in the quest to make computers remember. The book had two purposes in presenting this theory of remembering. First, to be used in implementing intelligent computer systems, including fact retrieval systems and intelligent systems in general. Any intelligent program needs to use and store and use a great deal of knowledge. The strategies and structures in the book were designed to be used for that purpose. Second, the theory attempts to explain how people’s memories work and makes predictions about the organization of human memory.

Author : Peter H. Lindsay,Donald A. Norman
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781483258232

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Human Information Processing by Peter H. Lindsay,Donald A. Norman Pdf

Human Information Processing: An Introduction to Psychology, Second Edition, was written to reflect recent developments, as well as anticipate new directions, in this flourishing field. The ideas of human information processing are relevant to all human activities, most especially those of human interactions. The book discusses all the traditional areas and then goes beyond: consciousness, states of awareness, multiple levels of processing (and of awareness), interpersonal communication, emotion, and stress. The book begins with an introduction to some of the more interesting phenomena of perception and poses some of the puzzles faced by those who would attempt to unravel the structures. Separate chapters cover the systems of most interest for human communication: the visual system and the auditory system; the structure of the nervous system; and the systems of memory: sensory information storage, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Subsequent chapters deal with the different aspects of memory, including show how memory is used in thought, in language, and in decision making. Also examined are the neurological basis of memory and the representation of knowledge within memory.

Author : Richard Baskerville,Jan Stage,Janice I. DeGross
Publisher : Springer
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387355054

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Organizational and Social Perspectives on Information Technology by Richard Baskerville,Jan Stage,Janice I. DeGross Pdf

The articles in this book constitute the proceedings papers from the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference, "IS2000: The Social and Organizational Perspective on Research and Practice in Information Technology," held June 1 0-12, 2000, in Aalborg, Denmark. The focus of the conference, and therefore this book, is on the basic aim of the working group, namely, the investigation of the interrelationships among four major components: information systems (IS), information technology (IT), organizations, and society. This basic social and organizational perspective on research and practice in information technology may have evolved substantially since the founding ofthe group, for example, increasing the emphasis on IS development. The plan for the conference was partially rooted in the early WG 8.2 traditions, in which working conferences were substantially composed of invited papers. For IS2000, roughly half of the paper presentations were planned to be invited; the remaining half were planned to be double-blind refereed in response to a "Call For Papers." Invited papers were single-blind reviewed in order to provide the authors with pre-publication feedback and comments, along with the opportunity to revise their papers prior to its final incorporation in this book.

Author : Brian Toyne,Douglas William Nigh
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 157003012X

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International Business by Brian Toyne,Douglas William Nigh Pdf

This volume explores the conceptual domain of international business inquiry, the constructs that hold promise for integrating the field, and the future directions that appear particularly fruitful for theory building and theory testing.

Author : David Klahr,J. G. Wallace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000549515

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Cognitive Development by David Klahr,J. G. Wallace Pdf

Originally published in 1976, the authors present a theory of cognitive development based upon an information-processing approach. This approach leads to the presentation of precise models of performance on a number of tasks derived from a set of critical quantitative concepts: elementary quantification, number concepts, conservation and transitivity. These models encompass both early and late developmental stages, and a process model of the developmental mechanism itself is outlined. Here is one of the first attempts to apply the information-processing view of cognitive psychology to developmental issues raised by empirical work in the Piagetian tradition. It includes an extensive analysis of the processing demands of several of the classic tasks and describes the development of a system capable of performing a wide range of other tasks, including the ability to be self-modifying. It provides an introduction to general concepts and detailed properties of cognitive models stated as production systems. It will be most valuable for students in cognitive development and related courses in developmental, cognitive, and educational psychology, as well as computer science.