Information Space: A Framework for Learning in Organizations, Institutions and CultureIn this book, Max Boisot lays the foundation for a new political economy of information to effectively meet today's needs. Information Space is the conceptual framework in which organizations, institutions, and cultures are being transformed by new information and communication technologies. This book proposes a radical shift in the way we approach the emerging information age and the implications it holds for societies, organizations, and individuals. |
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... activity and that it was to social processes what ' undulations ' ( i.e. , vibrations or resonance ) were to physical processes . With social evolution , Tarde claimed , imitation has become independent of hereditary transmission and ...
... activity and that it was to social processes what ' undulations ' ( i.e. , vibrations or resonance ) were to physical processes . With social evolution , Tarde claimed , imitation has become independent of hereditary transmission and ...
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... activity is founded in physical activity - i.e. , labour , broadly defined - as well as in the social relations brought about by this activity.67 He termed physical activity the substructure , and the articulate mental world it gave ...
... activity is founded in physical activity - i.e. , labour , broadly defined - as well as in the social relations brought about by this activity.67 He termed physical activity the substructure , and the articulate mental world it gave ...
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... Activity , Princeton , New Jersey : Princeton University Press , 1962 , pp . 609-625 . 10 Hayek ( 1945 ) stressed the informational role of prices in coordinating the activities of dispersed economic agents . F. Hayek , The Use of ...
... Activity , Princeton , New Jersey : Princeton University Press , 1962 , pp . 609-625 . 10 Hayek ( 1945 ) stressed the informational role of prices in coordinating the activities of dispersed economic agents . F. Hayek , The Use of ...
Contents
Orienting thoughts on information | 9 |
The structuring of information | 39 |
The sharing of information | 93 |
Copyright | |
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