Organizational Communication and Sustainable Development: ICTs for Mobility: ICTs for Mobility

Hallin, Anette, Karrbom-Gustavsson, Tina

IGI Global, Oct 31, 2009 - Political Science - 348 pages

Although social, economical, and environmental sustainability has become increasingly important in this era of globalization, little effort has been put forth to investigate the social and cultural impact.

Organizational Communication and Sustainable Development: ICTs for Mobility explores how mobility meets sustainability in contemporary organizational communication. A compendium of chapters written by leading international experts, this defining body of research sheds light on the advantages as well as disadvantages of the use of ICTs for social, economical, and environmental sustainability.

Contents

• Mobile Communications Mobility andthe Creation of Sustainable Value: 1
• ICT Instruments as PossibleSupport for the EqualDistribution of Population: 19
• Green Urban Planningand Design for SmarterCommunities: 41
• An Interactive Knowledge BaseContributing to the Greeningof an Indian Megacity: 60
• Philanthropy CSR andSustainability: 76
• Tools for Corporate Assessmentof Sustainable Development: 100
• Communicating EnvironmentalInformation on a Company andInterOrganizational Level: 115
• Boundary Creation Fragmentationand the Social Use of ICT: 135
• Objectives Mechanismsand Interpretations: 153
• The Relation BetweenICT and EnvironmentalManagement Practice in aConstruction Company: 170
• Making the Special Competitive Culturein FamilyRun Companies Sustainable: 189
• Workplace Location andICTs Substituting Travel: 205
• A Geographical Perspective onRegional Communication Policies: 227
• Stakes and Effect on InterIndividualand Intergenerational Relation: 245
• Mind the Gap: 256
• Compilation of References: 275
• About the Contributors: 310
• Index: 317

About the author

Anette Hallin is a researcher at the Department of Industrial Economy and Management at the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) where she also teaches. She takes a general interest in the creation of organizational images and the relationship between image-making and organizing and has written on the matter, both in journals as well as in books. She recently contributed to the book, Information Communication Technologies and City Marketing: Digital Opportunities for Cities Around the World, published by IGI Global and wrote an article entitled, ?Managing Death. Corporate Social Responsibility and Tragedy? in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 16:4.

Tina Karrbom-Gustavsson (PhD) is currently working as the Development Director of Flemingsberg ? From Brains to Business, a joint initiative by the Stockholm County Council, Huddinge and Botkyrka municipalities, with support from the Karolinska Institute, the Royal Institute of Technology and S dert rn University, to promote and coordinate the development of Flemingsberg, one of the most interesting areas in Europe and Stockholm ? ?the Capital of Scandinavia.? Dr. Karrbom Gustavsson has previously worked as an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Management at the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden). Her teaching and research concerns organization and management in general and the management of project organizations in particular. [Editor]

Bibliographic information

• Title: Organizational Communication and Sustainable Development: ICTs for Mobility: ICTs for Mobility; IGI Global research collection; Premier reference source
• Editors: Hallin, Anette, Karrbom-Gustavsson, Tina
• Publisher: IGI Global, 2009
• ISBN: 1605668230, 9781605668239
• Length: 348 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Law; Computers / Internet / General; Political Science / Public Policy / General