2. The Learning Outcomes At the end of this session you should be able to: the major impact of I.T. on individuals, organizations and society DESCRIBE the positive and negative effects associated with the abundance of information made available by IT DISCUSS
3. Impact on:ORGANIZATIONS The manager’s job Organizational structure, authority and power Job content (Value and Supply Chain) Employee career paths Supervision
4. Impact on:ORGANIZATIONS(the manager’s job) Automation of routine decisions Less expertise required for many decisions. More rapid identification of problems and opportunities Less reliance on experts to provide support to top executives. Empowerment of lower and middle levels of management.
5. Impact on:ORGANIZATIONS(the manager’s job) Decision making undertaken by non-managerial employees. Power redistribution among managers Thinner organizations. Organizational intelligence that is more timely, comprehensive, accurate, and available
9. Impact on:INDIVIDUALS Dehumanization and other psychological impacts Information anxiety Job stress Radiation exposure Repetitive strain (stress) injuries Lack of proper Ergonomics Other Impacts …
10. Impact on:SOCIETY Opportunities for people with disabilities Quality of Life improvements Improvements in health care Crime fighting Scanning crowds for criminals
11. Impact on:SOCIETY Cookies and individual privacy Digital millennium copyright act Providing Social services Possible massive unemployment resulting from the increased use of IT The “digital divide” or gap between those who have technology and those who do not. Impact of globalization on culture
13. It’s time for in-class activities Use whatever tools possible to identify ONE IT or IS product that has impacted an organization / a country / the world Present your findings to the class in no more than 5 minutes
14. Coming soon… next class ManagementInformation Systemsin Organizations FINANCIAL ASPECTS TO IT Expense vs Investment. Accounting for IT.
