Bricolage, Care and Information: Claudio Ciborra's Legacy in Information Systems Research

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements of Permission to Reprint......Page 11
Notes on Contributors......Page 13
Introduction: Information Systems and the Quest for Meaning – An Account of Claudio Ciborra’s Intellectual Journey......Page 18
Part I: Tracing Ciborra’s Thought: From Institutional Economics to Phenomenology......Page 46
1 The Mind or the Heart? It Depends on the (Definition of) Situation......Page 48
2 Improvisation as Mood......Page 70
3 Imbrication of Representations: Risk and Digital Technologies......Page 87
4 Interpreting E-government and Development: Efficiency, Transparency or Governance at a Distance?......Page 107
5 From Tool to Gestell: Agendas for Managing the Information Infrastructure......Page 128
6 The Platform Organization: Recombining Strategies, Structures, and Surprises......Page 151
7 Formative Contexts and Information Technology: Understanding the Dynamics of Innovation in Organizations......Page 176
8 Organizational Learning and Core Capabilities Development: The Role of IT......Page 206
9 From Thinking to Tinkering: The Grassroots of Strategic Information Systems......Page 223
10 Reframing the Role of Computers in Organizations: The Transactions Costs Approach......Page 238
11 Markets, Bureaucracies and Groups in the Information Society: An Institutional Appraisal of the Impacts of Information Technology......Page 258
Part II: Building on Ciborra’s Legacy......Page 276
12 Knowledge: Climbing the Learning Ladder to a ‘Phenomenological’ View......Page 278
13 Organizing Technology: Of Hospitality......Page 293
14 The Hospitality Metaphor as a Theoretical Lens for Understanding the ICT Adoption Process......Page 322
15 Rigid Technology and Improvised Implementation: The case of ERP Systems......Page 344
16 Object Lessons and Invisible Technologies......Page 365
17 Control Devolution as Information Infrastructure Design Strategy: A Case Study of a Content Service Platform for Mobile Phones in Norway......Page 384
18 Transaction Costs and Information Systems: Does IT Add Up?......Page 403
19 Dispositioning IT All: Towards a Theory for Thriving without Models......Page 418
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