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Theoretical Classification of Technological Frames: A Diagnostic Tool to Incorporate Information Technology into Organizations

Theoretical Classification of Technological Frames: A Diagnostic Tool to Incorporate Information Technology into Organizations
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Author(s): Jeimy J. Cano (Newport University, USA)
Copyright: 2001
Pages: 7
Source title: Managing Information Technology in a Global Economy
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-07-5.ch057
ISBN13: 9781930708075
EISBN13: 9781466665323

Abstract

Social construction of technological artifacts has been put forward by science sociologists, as an alternative to understand how technology has been created and developed all along the human activities. Particularly, in the last decades, and given the exponential technology breakthroughs and the repercussion on business processes, it has been critical to understand how this technology has generated a differentiating factor to positioning a company in a market segment or in a particular context. In this sense, several researches [KING, W.R. and T.S.H. TEO 1994, LEDERER, A.L. and V. SETHI 1992, LEDERER, A.L. and MENDELOW 1988] have been addressed to review the possible ways to identify technology the influence and impact on contemporary businesses, many of them based on psychological, causal and systematic effects, all of them offering fundamental findings. To date, however, there are few technology studies reviewing the individual relations context as a critical factor for technology understanding. For such a reason, this paper –supported by the foundation of systemic and cybernetic theories- [FLOOD 1999, FLOOD y CARSON 1993, BEER 1994, ESPEJO et al 1996, REYES 1995, MATEUS 1996], makes an structural analysis about relations among individuals, technology, and organization, reviewing those implications of technological understanding, putting forward a technological frame classification establishing a practical knowledge base for both practitioners and academics about the analysis of individual relations and its way to understanding technology, looking for new alternatives to be integrated into business strategies supported by information technology, and technological understanding impact of organizational players.

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