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Based on a historical case study on film between 1900 and 1930, this article outlines the epistem... more Based on a historical case study on film between 1900 and 1930, this article outlines the epistemological structure of media-based education. Here, media are defined either as ‘useful’ or as ‘pathological’ and not suitable for education. Instead of fostering a functionalistic illusion that media technology in the context of education can be controlled or banned, an epistemological perspective on the culture of media technology and education will enable educators to critically access today’s developments in media-based education.
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key aspects of their operations. Understanding accounting as a
process through which organisational reality is shaped,
Information infrastructures (II) offers a means for analysing the
role of IT in organisational change and how IT over time shapes
how organisations account for what they are doing. We
investigate changes to organisational II at the University of
Sydney’s Fisher Library from 1963 to 1975, following the
introduction of manual automation systems, the use of mainframe
computers, and the introduction of minicomputers into the fabric
of the organisation. At Fisher Library, II changed two key functions
for which the library is accountable for providing information: (1)
what items does the library hold? and (2) where is a specific item
when it is not on the shelf? We demonstrate that II becomes
visible as a thing when it is of interest to organisational change,
whereas over time, II sinks into the organisation, becoming a
transparent medium that is nonetheless shaping organisational
reality. This study uses Fritz Heider’s theory of thing and medium
to describe how over time IT changes an organisation’s account
for key aspects of its operation.
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Unternehmensberatung, eine bisweilen wundersam anmutende Mischung aus beinharter Rationalisierung, Esoterik und Zukunftsvision, kommt immer dann zum Einsatz, wenn wirtschaftliche Strukturen aus dem Gleichgewicht zu geraten drohen. Was es eigentlich heißt sich beraten zu lassen, welche Medien dabei eine Rolle spielen und wie die Branche der Unternehmensberatung zu einem zentralen gesellschaftlichen Wissenssystem wurde, ist Gegenstand dieses Buchs.
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organisations rely on Information Technology (IT) to account for
key aspects of their operations. Understanding accounting as a
process through which organisational reality is shaped,
Information infrastructures (II) offers a means for analysing the
role of IT in organisational change and how IT over time shapes
how organisations account for what they are doing. We
investigate changes to organisational II at the University of
Sydney’s Fisher Library from 1963 to 1975, following the
introduction of manual automation systems, the use of mainframe
computers, and the introduction of minicomputers into the fabric
of the organisation. At Fisher Library, II changed two key functions
for which the library is accountable for providing information: (1)
what items does the library hold? and (2) where is a specific item
when it is not on the shelf? We demonstrate that II becomes
visible as a thing when it is of interest to organisational change,
whereas over time, II sinks into the organisation, becoming a
transparent medium that is nonetheless shaping organisational
reality. This study uses Fritz Heider’s theory of thing and medium
to describe how over time IT changes an organisation’s account
for key aspects of its operation.
https://www.k-up.de/katalog/titel/978-3-86253-063-2.html
Unternehmensberatung, eine bisweilen wundersam anmutende Mischung aus beinharter Rationalisierung, Esoterik und Zukunftsvision, kommt immer dann zum Einsatz, wenn wirtschaftliche Strukturen aus dem Gleichgewicht zu geraten drohen. Was es eigentlich heißt sich beraten zu lassen, welche Medien dabei eine Rolle spielen und wie die Branche der Unternehmensberatung zu einem zentralen gesellschaftlichen Wissenssystem wurde, ist Gegenstand dieses Buchs.