The Internet And Workplace Transformation (Advances in Management Information Systems) |  | Authors: Murugan Anandarajan, S. H. Thompson
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
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Pages: 294
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Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.1 x 1
ISBN: 0765614456
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9780765614452
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Publication Date: July 30, 2006
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The technologies of the Internet have exerted an enormous influence on the way we live and work. This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series presents cutting-edge research on the transformation of the workplace by the use of these information technologies. The book focuses first on the deleterious transformations (such as "cyberloafing"), then the promising ones (such as the emergence of virtual teams), and then the ways the troubling transformations can be redeemed for organizational benefit. The editors overlay IT topics with insights from organizational behavior, human resource management, organizational justice, and global culture.
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no sympathy for addicts! May 6, 2007
W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)
It has been now over 10 years since Internet access became common in office workplaces. So the text is a collection of papers that study how this access has affected organisational behaviour. Or individual behaviour.
The first 5 chapters delve into what the editors term troubling transformations. Where there is so-called Internet misuse. What on earth is this? Well, James Phillips in one chapter talks about how problematic use is associated with low self esteem and a tendency to procrastinate. It's a seriously written chapter. But some irreverent readers (like yours truly) found it hilarious. Perhaps misuse is indeed a behavioural addiction or indeed even a symptom of a mental disorder.
When the Web first started becoming available, there was much ruminations in some quarters. Suggesting that these trends would appear. And with little sympathy for those who would be befallen. A cold blooded view is that the addictive power of the Internet is a plus for those who do not become addicted, or who can strictly minimise their addictions. This entire section of the book can be read positively. For it enhances your comparative advantage in the workforce. You have to promote yourself and your career. No one else will look out for you. So the more feeble minded Internet addicts are out there, the better off you are, vis a vis them.
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