| dc.description.abstract | Network centric warfare is the new overall concept for military operations. Such operations are critically dependent on a
well-functioning Information Infrastructure.
It has been argued that the development of Information Infrastructures needs to be recognised as an ongoing sosiotechnical
negotiation. An analysis of it accordingly presumes a suitable tool. This report introduces Actor-Network
Theory (ANT) as such a tool for analysing the complexity of Information Infrastructures in a Norwegian Network
Based Defence (NBD). Actor-Network Theory is particularly relevant in relation to developing Information
Infrastructures.
Actor-Network Theory has its origins in studies of the networks of interdependent social practises that constitute work
in science and technology. Actor-Network Theory can be seen as a systematic way to bring out the infrastructure that is
usually left out of the “heroic” accounts of scientific and technological achievements. The Actor Network consists not
only of people and social groups, but also of artefacts, devices and entities. This report use the Actor-Network Theory to
address the complex interplay between organisation, processes and technology in order to understand more about how
modern Information and Communication Technology shapes, enables and constrains organisational changes. | en_GB |