Organizing Networks: An Actor-Network Theory of Organizations

by Andr?a Belliger and David J Krieger

What are organizations? Where do they come from? How are they transformed and adapted to new situations? In the digital age and in the global network society, traditional theories of the organization can no longer answer these questions. Based on actor-network theory, this book explains organizations as flexible, open networks in which both human and non-human actors enter into socio-technical assemblies by constantly negotiating and re-negotiating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 383763616X
• ISBN13: 9783837636161
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Transcript Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher