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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 86
Page 244
... social resources.25 Perhaps the most fundamental social value underpinning the institution of markets remains the belief that an individual must be left free to pursue his life chances as he sees them . Possibly originating in the ...
... social resources.25 Perhaps the most fundamental social value underpinning the institution of markets remains the belief that an individual must be left free to pursue his life chances as he sees them . Possibly originating in the ...
Page 327
... social technologies . It is not always easy to distinguish between physical and social technologies . It is tempting to associate the first with hardware - things that you can drop on your foot - and the second with software and ...
... social technologies . It is not always easy to distinguish between physical and social technologies . It is tempting to associate the first with hardware - things that you can drop on your foot - and the second with software and ...
Page 424
... social decision - making decentralized to markets - both political ( i.e. , the competition being for votes ) and economic . If countered , we require that the agencies of centralization effectively control the diffusion of information ...
... social decision - making decentralized to markets - both political ( i.e. , the competition being for votes ) and economic . If countered , we require that the agencies of centralization effectively control the diffusion of information ...
Contents
Orienting thoughts on information | 9 |
The structuring of information | 39 |
The sharing of information | 93 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activity argue articulate become behaviour bureaucracies C-space Cambridge centrifugal culture channel Chapter China Chinese clans codification and abstraction coding cognitive communication competitive complex concepts concrete context cultural evolution data field data processing diffusion curve diffusion scale dimension discussion distribution economic effect efficiency energy enterprise entropy epistemological evolution evolutionary example exchange experience external fiefs Figure firm flows given governance hence hierarchy high context cultures hypotheses I-space in-group individual industrial information asymmetries institutional Institutional Economics internal investment Japan Japanese knowledge learning located London Marxism-Leninism modern move nature neoclassical north-east region organization paradigm Parallel Distributed Processing patterns perceptual physical Popper population possible potential problem production function quadrant Rational Expectations rationality region relationships repertoire Science scientific selection shared social society strategies symbolic theory tion transmission uncodified UNDIFFUSED University Press W3 objects