Organizational communication and sustainable development ICTs for mobility
by
 
Hallin, Anette, 1969-

Title
Organizational communication and sustainable development ICTs for mobility

Author
Hallin, Anette, 1969-

ISBN
9781605668239

Publication Information
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.

Physical Description
electronic texts (xxii, 324 p. : ill.) : digital files.

Contents
Section 1. Sustainable Development -- 1. ICTs for Business Enterprise Mobility: Mobile Communications, Mobility and the Creation of Sustainable Value -- 2. ICT Instruments as Possible Support for the Equal Distribution of Population -- 3. Green Urban Planning and Design for Smarter Communities -- 4. ECORadar-Shakti: An Interactive Knowledge Base Contributing to the Greening of an Indian Megacity --
 
Section 2. Communicating Sustainability -- 5. Philanthropy, CSR and Sustainability -- 6. Tools for Corporate Assessment of Sustainable Development -- 7. Communicating Environmental Information on a Company and Inter-Organizational Level --
 
Section 3. Sustainable Communication -- 8. Communicating in Multicultural Firms: Boundary Creation, Fragmentation and the Social Use of ICT -- 9. Communication in Global Development Projects: Objectives, Mechanisms and Interpretations -- 10. The Relation Between ICT and Environmental Management Practice in a Construction Company -- 11. The Need for Accounting in Dialects: Making the Special Competitive Culture in Family-Run Companies Sustainable -- 12. Workplace Location and ICTs Substituting Travel --
 
Section 4. Critical Perspectives -- 13. Communication, Information and Sustainability: A Geographical Perspective on Regional Communication Policies -- 14. African Families Faced with NICT: Stakes and Effect on Inter-Individual and Intergenerational Relation -- 15. Gender and Technology: Mind The Gap! -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index.

Abstract
"This book covers the use, effects, potentials and limitations of new technology for information and communication in social settings and aims to develop an understanding of different perspectives of sustainable development"--Provided by publisher.

Subject Term
Communication in organizations.
 
Corporate governance.
 
Management information systems.
 
Sustainable development.

Added Author
Hallin, Anette, 1969-
 
Gustavsson, Tina Karrbom, 1973-

Added Corporate Author
IGI Global.

Electronic Access
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-60566-822-2


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book2261835-1001HD30.3 .O724 2010EIGI Global