Assignment:
Create a 2000 words:
"In considering the influence that technology in general or any single technology has over human affairs, it is ... necessary to consider not only the technology and its presumed "imperatives," but also the key human agents of the technology, the organisations in which they operate, and how these influence the course of technological change" (Rudi, 257).
Select two of the four perspectives and discuss how they provide different insights into the relations between technology, organisations, management and employees.
Subject: organisational theory
Four perspective:
1. modernism
2. critical theory
3. symbolic interpretivism
4. postmodernism
The aims of this assignment are for you to:
1. Develop your understanding of the nature of the key organisation perspectives and their related theories;
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the key perspectives and the meta-theoretical assumptions that underpin each;
3. Develop research skills and the ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of various debates and arguments;
4. Gain skills in the written presentation of an argument, including the ways in which scholars incorporate and acknowledge the ideas of other writers.