Locating the 17th Book of Giddens@@@The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration.
TL;DR: Giddens as mentioned in this paper has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
Abstract: Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. A particular feature is Giddens' concern to connect abstract problems of theory to an interpretation of the nature of empirical method in the social sciences. In presenting his own ideas, Giddens mounts a critical attack on some of the more orthodox sociological views. "The Constitution of Society" is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.
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Abstract: The proposed framework sheds light on the fundamental role that value propositions play in service systems Building on service-dominant logic from marketing and structuration theory from sociology
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TL;DR: The authors developed a new framework for situational leadership in organizational knowledge creation, which is based on a continuum that ranges from centralized to distributed leadership at three layers of activity: a core layer of local knowledge creation; a conditional layer that provides the resources and context for knowledge generation; and a structural layer that forms the overall frame and direction for knowledge creation in the organization.
Abstract: Organizational knowledge creation integrates context, knowledge assets, and knowledge creation processes throughout the organization Using organizational knowledge creation theory as an organizing framework, we conduct a literature review that shows prior work has focused on the role of central, upper-echelon, leadership in knowledge creation processes, without devoting much attention to context and knowledge assets To remedy these weaknesses, we develop a new framework for situational leadership in organizational knowledge creation The framework is based on a continuum that ranges from centralized to distributed leadership at three layers of activity: a core layer of local knowledge creation; a conditional layer that provides the resources and context for knowledge creation; and a structural layer that forms the overall frame and direction for knowledge creation in the organization We discuss the implications of this framework for theory and practice
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...The term ‘structural’ does not refer to organizational structure per se, but denotes structuring activities (see also Giddens, 1984) that maintain the coherence of knowledge creation throughout the organization, linking contexts, processes, and assets, and coordinating with other organizational…...
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TL;DR: The overall findings of the systematic literature review will investigate the nature of decision-making (rational vs. irrational) and the context in which the privacy paradox takes place, with a special focus on mobile computing.
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...Structuration Theory (Giddens, 1984) Social life is more than individual acts, yet it is determined by social forces such as traditions, institutions or moral codes....
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...Structuration Theory (Giddens, 1984) Zafeiropoulou et al....
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...Structuration Theory (Giddens, 1984) Social life is more than individual acts, yet it is determined by social forces such as traditions, institutions or moral codes....
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...The structure is achieved through a dynamic process (structure forms the basis for decision-making but is at the same time the outcome of it) (Structuration Theory; Giddens, 1984)....
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TL;DR: In this article, a broader philosophical perspective on measuring the effectiveness of marketing communications that focuses on interaction as the unit of analysis, rather than the behavior of either the marketer or the consumer is presented.
Abstract: Traditional measures of the effectiveness of marketing communications suggest a specific process by which marketing actions influence consumers. This article offers a broader philosophical perspective on measuring the effectiveness of marketing communications that focuses on interaction as the unit of analysis, rather than the behavior of either the marketer or the consumer. Structuration theory is discussed and offered as a viable foundation for the identification, selection, and evaluation of new measures of effectiveness in an interactive context among active, goal-driven consumers and marketers. Structuration theory focuses on the emergency and evolution of the structure of interaction, which is posited as a critical factor in devising, selecting, and evaluating new measures of the effectiveness of marketing communications. This view broadens the potential set of measures of effectiveness of interactive marketing communications, implying alternative meanings for measures under different interaction structures and combinations of goal states.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce several new concepts that lay the conceptual foundation for thinking about next-generation marketing based on ubiquitous networks and propose that the keys to managing network-driven firms are the concepts of u-space and attention analysis, with a research agenda identified for scholars and managerial implications recognized for practitioners.
Abstract: This article introduces several new concepts that lay the conceptual foundation for thinking about next-generation marketing based on ubiquitous networks. U-commerce, orUber-commerce, is predicated on the characteristics of network ubiquity, universality, uniqueness, and unison. It is proposed that the keys to managing network-driven firms are the concepts of u-space and attention analysis. The implications for next-generation marketing in the u-space are explored, with a research agenda identified for scholars and managerial implications recognized for practitioners.
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