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1 online resource |
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Labor and organization ; volume 8 |
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Arbeit und Organisation ; Bd. 8.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Intranet technologies -- 1.1 Just "a machine for doing business"? -- 1.2 The post-industrial economy: Cognitive-cultural capitalism and "immaterial labour" -- 1.3 Research questions and observations -- 1.4 Theories of practice in organisation researchand Science & Technology Studies -- 1.5 A practice-theoretical understanding of mergers and organisational cultures -- 1.6 Empirical Case: The intranet in Telecompany-X -- 1.7 More than a machine for doing business -- 1.8 Chapter outline |
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2 Researching the Intranet in Telecompany-X: Methodological Considerations -- 2.1 Methodological rationale -- 2.2 Entering field sites: Initial interviews -- 2.3 Extending sites, aligning focus: Telecompany-X -- 2.3.1 Gaining access -- 2.3.2 Maintaining access -- 2.3.3 Two groups of employees -- 2.4 Generating field data: Opportunities and limitations -- 2.4.1 Company visits and 'guided tours' through the intranet -- 2.4.2 In there, but outside: Shifting research positions -- 2.5 Analysing field data: Crafting the research narrative |
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2.5.1 Selecting analytical themes from interviews with software developers and others -- 2.5.2 Identifying analytical topics from company visits and 'guided tours' through the intranet -- 2.5.3 Organising analytical themes and topics -- 3 Cultivating differences: Orientation and sensemaking in the post-merger company -- 3.1 Merger processes in research and literature: Corporate cultures and organisational control -- 3.2 Post-industrial management practices: Organisational identity work and regulation -- 3.3 Caught in difference: Orientation in the merging company |
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3.4 Making sense of the post-merger company: The discursive construction of (in-)distinctiveness -- 3.4.1 Upholding difference: "These were totally different worlds clashing" -- 3.4.2 Overlooking and downplaying difference, nurturing coherence: "That doesn't exist anymore, the division" -- 3.5 Integrating post-merger identity work -- 4 A "medium of Internal Communications" and an "employee-portal": The divided Intranet -- 4.1 The intranet's starting page and newsfeed -- 4.2 Branding the merger: Corporate and internal brand management in Telecompany-X |
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4.3 The intranet as a "medium of Internal Communications" -- 4.3.1 Beyond the intranet: Constructing the "Einfach Macher" -- 4.3.2 The intranet as 'integration' and 'change' agent -- 4.4 A "tool of purpose": The intranet as part of everyday work -- 4.4.1 Un-reading the newsfeed: "You would need time to read through it" -- 4.4.2 Hierarchising content and applications: "This is playing around" -- 4.4.3 Making fun of identification and team building efforts: "But we rarely watch TV, only at home" -- 4.5 A divided intranet that engages the 'many' users |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 21, 2022) |
| Subject |
Intranets (Computer networks)
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Consolidation and merger of corporations.
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Information storage and retrieval systems -- Consolidation and merger of corporations.
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intranets.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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Consolidation and merger of corporations
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Information storage and retrieval systems -- Consolidation and merger of corporations
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Intranets (Computer networks)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783839461877 |
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3839461871 |
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