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This paper aims to explore how technological advancements, particularly CT scanners, can reshape organizational structures and role relations in radiology departments.

August 2, 2007

Technology as an occasion for structuring: evidence from observations of CT scanners and the social order of radiology departments

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SBStephen R. BarleyAutodesk (United States)

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Qualitative observations reveal how CT scanners reshape roles in radiology departments, suggesting new organizational forms.

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This paper aims to explore how technological advancements, particularly CT scanners, can reshape organizational structures and role relations in radiology departments.
Analyzed observational data from two radiology departments using identical CT scanners.
Examined changes in organizational and occupational structures related to the introduction of CT technology.
Developed a theoretical framework integrating sociological insights on institutions and actions.
Identical CT scanners led to similar structuring processes in both departments but resulted in distinct organizational forms.
Role relations were altered, demonstrating that technology can function as a social object influencing interactions.
Emphasizes the need to combine studies of social action with social structure to better comprehend technology's effects.

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Stephen R. Barley (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a08cd8e60378a53cb66bd4f https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511618925.007

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