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INLS385-001 Fall 2018

SESSION 25 | TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS


Continuing the thought from the previous session, how does an increase in personal productivity translate to an increase in organizational productivity?

Watch this TED talk and ask yourself who the speaker is.

Read to prepare yourselves for session 25

pipe organ at Royal Festival Hall, from The Guardian
  1. Why Technology Is Key To Building A Destination Workplace , Forbes, 30 May 2018
  2. 5 Ways to Use Technology to Improve Workplace Productivity, Technology Advice, 17 December 2017
  3. Designing work environments for digital well-being, Deloitte, 16 Apr 2018

You don't have to read these unless you wish to, but we might touch upon them in conversation

light installation in Taiyuan, China, from The Guardian
  1. Cabrera, A., Cabrera, E. F., & Barajas, S. (January 01, 2001). The key role of organizational culture in a multi-system view of technology-driven change. International Journal of Information Management, 21, 3, 245-261.
  2. Carr, Nicholas G. "Hbr at Large - IT Doesn't Matter." Harvard Business Review. (2003): 41.

Things to think about

slides for session 25
  • continuing the thought from the previous session, how does an increase in personal productivity translate to an increase in organizational productivity?
  • how have advances like email altered the workplace? Or, is Paul Jones correct and we should not be using email at all in favor of social media platforms?
  • what must be considered when introducing new technologies into an existing organizational environment?
  • what are the hazards of introducing new technologies to organization members who are resistant to them?