[UCI-Calit2] Announces CRITO Hour Presentation This Week on Network Organizations

Shellie Nazarenus SNAZ at uci.edu
Mon May 2 09:09:10 PDT 2005


Title: Network Organizations: From Theory to Practice

 

Speaker:  Hamid Ekbia, Assistant Professor of Computer Science,
University of Redlands

 

Date:  Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Time:  Noon - 1 pm (light lunch served)

Location:  Room 3008, Calit2 Building, UCI



Abstract: The network model of organization plays a central role in
recent sociological accounts of the information economy. This model is
also often presented in organization and ICT literature with an air of
enthusiasm that underscores the advantages of this model as flexible,
cooperative, innovative, and knowledge- and technology-intensive. Such
themes are normally based on a "networking logic" that assumes the
trustful cooperation of large and small production firms in favor of
competitive advantage in a rapidly changing economic environment.
However, it turns out that both the logic and the themes based upon it
are too narrow to be able to explain the complex dimensions of
inter-organizational networking. Using Enron as a case study, my goal in
this talk is to develop an extended model of the network enterprise. I
will argue that this is only possible by extending the unit of analysis
beyond the production firm, to include, among others, subsidiaries,
banks, investors, auditors, and government agencies. The proposed
extended model allows the broadening of many of the aforementioned
themes, making it possible to arrive at a more realistic picture of the
network enterprise. Specific attention will be given to the role of ICT
in this process.

 

Brief Bio: Hamid R. Ekbia is currently an Assistant Professor of
computer science at the University of Redlands. His research focuses on
how knowledge is developed, represented, transformed, and shared in and
among individuals, organizations, and communities. He has written on
this topic in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Decision Support
Systems, Knowledge Management, and Free/Open Source Software
development.  
  

 

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