TY  - GEN
AU  - Knights, David
AU  - Murray, Fergus
TI  - Managers divided: organisational politics and information technology management
SN  - 9780471935865
U1  - 658.4038011 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Chichester
PB  - John Wiley and Sons
KW  - Management information systems --Europe
KW  - Information technology --Europe --Management
KW  - Management information systems --Europe --Case studies
KW  - Strategic planning --Europe --Case studies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-266) and index
N2  - Recent years have seen a radical upheaval in use of IT in the service and financial sectors. The turbulent conditions created by economic deregulation,  political re-regulation and privatisation have produced considerable challenges to the effective and efficient management of IT. Managers Divided is concerned with the use and development of IT in commercial organisations. Its particular focus is on the major shifts that are taking place in the management and use of IT in organisations struggling to come to terms with a rapidly changing market and regulatory environments. It examines the deeply political nature of IT management,  innovation and change. The authors analyse the shift from a technology-led to a strategic and marketing-led use of IT. They study the use and development of IT through detailed localised studies of management practice that are understood to be influenced by,  and have consequences for,  broader socio-political,  economic,  organisational,  and technological conditions. Graduates and undergraduates studying corporate and strategic management,  management information systems,  work and employment gender research,  organisation studies and finance will find this book an invaluable asset. Information Systems specialists and practitioners in financial services will find the book a useful source of information.  (www.alibris.com)
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