The institutional implications of technological change Kallinikos, Jannis. creator text Northampton, MA Edward Elgar c2006 monographic ix, 205 pages ; Illustrations; A comprehensive and systematic investigation into the saturation of the modern world by information and its technologies, this title offers readers new ways of thinking the social and institutional consequences of this development. Organizations, information, networks -- Technology design and social systems -- Information growth as a self-referential process -- Excursus on meaning, purpose, and information -- Networks revisited -- Addendum on networks and institutions -- The organizational order of modernity -- Epilogue on technology and institutions. Includes index. Information technology - management Business enterprises - computer networks HD 30.2 KAL 9781845423285 1845423283 9781847205001 1847205003 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006014313.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006014313.html