Organizing Networks : : An Actor-Network Theory of Organizations / / David J. Krieger, Andréa Belliger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Belliger, Andréa,; Krieger, David J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Sozialtheorie
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Content --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. Things Have Gotten Out of Hand - On Technical Mediation --; 2. The Communicative Constitution of Organizations CCO --; 3. Staging and Narrative - Localizing and Globalizing --; 4. The New Media Revolution and the Network Society --; 5. Organizing Networks in the Digital Age --; 6. Conclusion --; Literature
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839436165; 9783110701005; 9783110485103; 9783110485332; 9783110701012; 9783110489842; 9783110661545
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839436165?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David J. Krieger, Andréa Belliger.

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 programs of action. Organizations are not macro social structures or autonomous systems operating behind the backs of individuals. Instead, they are scalable actor-networks guided by network norms of connectivity, flow, communication, participation, authenticity, and flexibility.