In the first part of this article, we discussed Workplace Change and the Speed of Information. In part two, we complete our discussion with a look at information technology’s effect on Social Systems, Skills Displacement, and the Dynamics of Information Technology.

Social Systems

Questions in the information age have been surfacing, causing rifts in the social system of the organization. Changes in thought are occurring as part of the cultural transformation. Work groups are forming as workers move away from linear processing (assembly lines) and toward other models and dynamics, yet we are glued to the computer more. Social interaction as our parents and grandparents knew it is on the decline. Organizations will be forced to adopt changes in order to survive in the fast-paced information age.

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From its inception, information technology has been changing the way business is done. IT is changing the basis of business from labor and manual skills to knowledge management. The jobs required by information technology, as well as the technology itself, are changing the social system of your organization. Furthermore, information technology is key to a firm’s competitiveness — organizations that are unable to adapt to the rapid pace of technology change will not survive in the marketplace of the future.

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Part 4 of a four-Part Series

In our last article, we discussed Business Process Management. This week we will cover the concept of Accelerating Returns, more recently referred to as ” Moore’s Law,” and the implications of

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Part 3 of a four-Part Series

Our topic of discussion in the previous article was Information Deployment. This week we will discuss Business Process Management. Corporate strategy changes over time but always requires

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Part 2 of a four-Part Series

Last week we discussed Information Technology. This week we will discuss Information Deployment or the quality of the business processes and their associated information interactions that are delivered over the technology. We are talking about how you create,

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Part 1 of a four-Part Series

A new month is upon us and so it’s time for a new topic – IT or Information Technology. Yes, it’s a technology driven world out there. Given the current accounting changes due to such things as Sarbanes Oxley, you will eventually have to

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