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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: The effect of technological innovation on organizational structure: A multiple case study of the effects of the use of electronic records on organizational hierarchies in records management and archives administration
Abstract: This research project looked at a managerial issue facing many organizations today: how organizations change their organizational structures in response to a major technological innovation in their industry--in this case, the growing use of electronic records in place of traditional print media. Of particular interest for this research was how this change in information technology may change the formal and informal organizational structures and relationships of archival and records management organizations--those groups who are in business to maintain, store, provide access to, and dispose of institutional records. The research asked, "What's distinctive about the management structure for handling electronic records and overseeing their management and disposition as opposed to those structures required for more traditional, print-based records?" The research involved an inductive approach using a cross-case study analysis. It compared research findings with what has been written in the relevant literature. The research applied three theoretical models-Institutional, Contingency, and Social Interaction Theories-to two real agencies. |
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