Just ›A Machine for Doing Business‹? : : Sociomaterial Configurations of the Intranet in a Post-merger Telecommunications Company / / Katja Schönian.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Schönian, Katja,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Arbeit und Organisation ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; List of Figures and Tables --; 1 Introduction: Intranet technologies --; 2 Researching the Intranet in Telecompany-X: Methodological Considerations --; 3 Cultivating differences: Orientation and sensemaking in the post-merger company --; 4 A “medium of Internal Communications” and an “employee-portal”: The divided Intranet --; 5 “This has to be coordinated”: Interacting with one another as part of ‘mundane’ knowledge work --; 6 Searching “our internal Google”: Working around and towards the intranet --; 7 Conclusion: More than a machine for doing business --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839461877; 9783110767001; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110994551; 9783110994520; 9783111025094; 9783110768510
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839461877?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Katja Schönian.

How does a new intranet shape an ongoing merger integration process? Katja Schönian analyses internal communication and branding strategies in connection with the implementation of a new company intranet. Based on qualitative data, the study contrasts managerial expectations and everyday usage of the intranet in distinct work settings. Relying on social practice theories and research in Science & Technology Studies, Katja Schönian unpacks the different logics the intranet brings together and, furthermore, interrogates the characteristics that make an (un-)workable technology. This book provides readers with new insights into the dynamics of a merger integration process and the increasing digitalization of contemporary knowledge work.