Organizations

The Impact of IT on Organizations

Information technology (IT) is dramatically changing the business landscape. Although organization cultures and business strategies **shape** the use of IT in organizations, more often the influence is stronger the other way round. IT significantly affects strategic options and creates opportunities and issues that managers need to address in many aspects of their business. This page outlines some of the key impacts of technology and the implications for management on:
 * Business strategy - collapsing time and distance, enabling [|electronic commerce]
 * Organization Culture - encouraging the free flow of information
 * Organization Structures - making [|networking] and [|virtual corporations] a reality owing
 * Management Processes - providing support for complex decision making processes
 * Work - dramatically changing the nature of professional, and now managerial work
 * The workplace - allowing work from home and on the move, as in [|telework]

There is also the outline of an [|executive presentation], that has been used to increase awareness of these issues.