MEANS OF INTERORGANISATIONAL CO-ORDINATION OF PRODUCTION : THE ROLE OF TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATION
BURMEISTER
Type de document
COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
BURMEISTER
Résumé / Abstract
THIS PAPER ANALYSES THE RESPECTIVE ROLE OF TRAVEL AND TELECOMMUNICATION IN INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC ACTORS INVOLVED IN PARTICULAR PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. WE BASE OUR THEORETICAL DISCUSSION ON THE WELL-KNOWN DISTINCTION BETWEEN INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE. CODIFIED INFORMATION CAN TRAVEL THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS, WHEREAS TACIT KNOWLEDGE IS EMBEDDED IN PEOPLE AND CANNOT TRAVEL INDEPENDENTLY IN SPACE. THE CHOICE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS MEANS OF CO-ORDINATION (FACE-TO-FACE CONTACTS, TELECOMMUNICATION, EDI ETC.) APPEARS TO HAVE THREE DIMENSIONS: A COGNITIVE DIMENSION (TACIT VS. ARTICULATE KNOWLEDGE), ON ORGANISATIONAL DIMENSION (DEGREE OF CENTRALISATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE), AND A SOCIAL DIMENSION (INTERPERSONAL NETWORKS AS SUPPORT FOR CO-ORDINATION). THE EMPIRICAL STUDY COMPARES FIVE INDUSTRIES AS TO THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN TELECOMMUNICATION AND TRAVELLING.
