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.... a specific calendar software name to instruct others to Schedule Plus me, for example [18] This language use then re asserts technology use within the social group, a reciprocal process Giddens calls structuration, a concept Orlikowski in turn applies to information technology use phenomena [7, 17]. Additionally, as best as the interview data could indicate, it appeared that the participants developed expectations for when they could find their friends on line. These times varied, but they had enough local cultural and personal knowledge about their friends to make educated guesses. They ....

Orlikowski, W. The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations. Organization Science, 3 (3). 1992. 398427.

....In addition to the specific design issues, we have to pay equal attention to the organizational context in which the system is used. Eureka s significance is not confined to interface design. Technology uses always emerge through complex interaction between people and some specific technology [7, 8]. Eureka is a result of many years of fieldwork and user centered design practice [3] Significantly, Eureka tips are written by the technicians. Researchers and designers have discovered that the validation and reward (i.e. credit given to the author) are all inseparable component of the system. ....

Orlikowski, W.J. The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations. Organization Science, 3 (3). 1992, 398427.

....intranet implementation. Although a large body of literature on information systems strategy in organizations exists, almost all of this literature is concerned with prescriptive methods and frameworks aimed at aiding management in the formulation of strategy. A much smaller body of work [8] and [12] studies how the process of Information Systems (IS) strategy links to implementation [16] More research dealing with the implementation of new technology in organizations is needed. To support this goal, this paper will conduct exploratory research to identify the factors that influence the ....

Orlikowski, W. 1992. "The duality of technology: Rethinking the concept of technology in organizations." Org. Sci. 3, 3, 398-427.

....face the same difficulty with the added feature of remote team members. Several existing technologies facilitate collaborative product development by supporting synchronous and asynchronous communication,scheduling,planning,task management,document and application sharing,and desktop conferencing [13,26,32]. Olson and Olson [25] suggest that awareness tools in particular support this transition by allowing team members access to other individuals in order to coordinate real time interactions. Instant messenger services (e.g. ICQ 1 2 ) and online calendars (e.g. Microsoft Outlook) provide ....

W. Orlikowski,"The duality of technology: Rethinking the concept of technology in organizations," Organization Science, 3, 3, 1992, pp. 398-427.

....the organizational consequences of implementing IT in organizations based on empirical material form a case study. Thirdly, according to Walsham (1995) from some cases it is possible to draw generalizations that can be valid in similar domains. For example, consider the case described by Orlikowski (1992a) where the implementation of a Lotus Notes groupware system in a consultant company does not lead to increased sharing of knowledge as assumed. Because of cognitive and structural elements such as the reward system in the organization, this does not imply that it is profitable for the ....

....the other way around: case studies are good basis for making generalizations and they are especially well suited. 3. Discussion 3.1. Context and cases In relation to information systems the context in which these systems are used has been extensively discussed in the literature (e.g. Kling, 1987; Orlikowski, 1992b; Walsham, 1993) Kling (1987) underlines that information systems are not purely technical tools, but rather embedded in larger social systems which relies upon infrastructural resources and social relations. In addition, the history of commitments made in developing and operating the ....

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....support for research and institutional prestige. Other promising approaches have combined social interactionist theory with socio technical studies to examine the simultaneous social influence of ICTs and social shaping of technology (Bijker, 1995; Fulk et al. 1626 1992; Kling and McKim, 1999; Orlikowski, 1992; Orlikowski et al. 1995) This line of research suggests that ICTs will be shaped differently by existing norms and institutions within each scientific discipline, and that, although some changes in practices will undoubtedly take place, incorporation of ICTs, such as e journals, will vary by ....

Orlikowski, W. (1992). "The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations," Organization Science, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 398-427.

....second account. From a research perspective, we conclude that linear diffusion models alone cannot adequately capture, or wholly analytically inform, the take up of intranet technology in organizations. This technology is much more accessible and pervasive, with greater interpretive flexibility (Orlikowski 1992; Lyytinen Damsgaard 1998) than more traditional technologies (for which such diffusion models may have been appropriate) There is a critical need for complementary, richer, more organic theories and analytical approaches in this particular research domain. In particular, we caution intranet ....

....careful not to be lured into skewed interpretations of the phenomena they encounter. During our fieldwork interviewees had divergent notions of the intranet, often seeing their own child web intranet as the intranet. The intranet concept thus exhibits a high degree of interpretive flexibility (Orlikowski 1992) and we urge researchers to accommodate for this in their empirical research designs. Our findings also point to some potential pitfalls for practitioners. Practitioners also interpret events according to theories, though not necessarily as explicitly as researchers. PhoneCo s IT managers were not ....

Orlikowski, W.J. (1992). The duality of technology: rethinking the concept of technology in organizations. Organization Science, 3(3), August.

.... considerations include the resurgence of social structural perspectives on innovations and social organization (Burt, 2000; Swedberg, 1994) the configurational nature of new ICTs (Kling, Crawford, Rosenbaum, Sawyer and Weisband, forthcoming) and the limitations of direct effects models of ICT use (Orlikowski, 1992). Some interesting challenges can be found in networkcentric theories that build on social network analysis (SNA) For example, the work of Wellman et al. 1996) builds directly on social network concepts, but infuses this approach with intensive qualitative study that blends the best analyses of ....

Orlikowski, W. The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations," Organization Science, vol. 3, no. 3, August 1992: 398427.

.... systems literature, Markus and Robey and Pinsonneault and Kraemer have identified the intermediate position with two main viewpoints: the web models of Kling (1987) and analyses based on Giddens structuration theory (Giddens 292 Part II: Theory 1984) especially those of Barley (1986) and Orlikowski (1992). Kling s web models see technology as an ensemble of equipment, applications and techniques with identifiable information processing capabilities, but also as social objects which may be highly charged with meaning (1987, p. 372) It is emphasized that computer based systems are forms of ....

....is likely to be rooted in a technology s material constraints, but that these must be transformed into social forces if technology is to have a significant effect on social organization. Although defining technology as material artefacts (various configurations of hardware and software) Orlikowski (1992, p. 403) claims that this does not imply an exclusive focus on technology as a physical object. Rather, it is argued, following Pinch and Bijker, that technology is interpretively flexible, being created and changed by human action, yet . also used by humans to accomplish some action. ....

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....defaults for their access settings, leaving their calendars readable for the world of Sun. This practice can be explained by two factors: 1) user passivity for customizing default settings as has long been established in HCI research [10] and 2) a process of institutionalization of the technology [14]. Consider the very similar results of Microsofts use of Schedule (when studied in 1994) 80 of GCS users maintain their access default settings except their defaults display only free busy availability (a restricted model GCS) Interestingly, the GCS in each company can be user configured to ....

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....society. 4. Structure is both the medium and outcome of a process of structuration , i.e. it is activity dependent, as seen in the production and reproduction of practices across time and space. However Giddens does not explicitly address the issue of technology in his structuration paradigm . Orlikowski (1992) has attempted to use the structuration viewpoint to examine technology within organisational settings. Therefore technology may be seen as one kind of structural property of organisations developing and or using technology. Technology embodies and, hence, is an instantiation of some of the rules ....

....to examine technology within organisational settings. Therefore technology may be seen as one kind of structural property of organisations developing and or using technology. Technology embodies and, hence, is an instantiation of some of the rules and resources constituting an organisation. Orlikowski (1992) discusses the duality of technology , i.e. technology is created and changed by human action but is also used by humans to accomplish some action. 1 However Lukes (1979 1987) argues that in most cases people do not recognise when their real interests are at stake, i.e. they are excluded from the ....

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