Understanding the use of technology in organisations : a structurational approach


Autoria(s): Prasad, Acklesh; Heales, Jon
Data(s)

2008

Resumo

Information Technology and its relationship to organisational performance has long been the interest of researchers. While there is concurrence that IT does contribute to performance, and we are efficiently expanding our knowledge on what factors cause better leveraging of IT resources in organisations, we have done little to understand how these factors interact with technology that results in improved performance. Using a structurational lens that recognises the recursive interaction between technology and people in the presence of social practices, and the norms that inform their ongoing practices, we propose an ethnographic approach to understanding the interaction between technology and resources, aiming to provide richer insight on the nature of the environment that promotes better use of IT resources. Such insights could provide the IT users with at least an initial conception of the IT usage platform that they could promote in their organisations to leverage the most from their IT resources.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/50013/

Publicador

AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/50013/1/2012003148.pdf

http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2008/38/

Prasad, Acklesh & Heales, Jon (2008) Understanding the use of technology in organisations : a structurational approach. In Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, pp. 762-769.

Fonte

QUT Business School; School of Accountancy

Palavras-Chave #150000 COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES #IT Resources #Structuration #Ethnography #Performance #Capable Resources
Tipo

Conference Paper