Organizational Effectiveness: Role of Information Technology

摘要

Advances in information technology (IT), along with increasing global competition, are making effectiveness of several orders of magnitude to the organizational environment. Effective implementation of IT in organizational environment decrease vulnerability by reducing the cost of expected failures and enhance adaptability by reducing the cost of adjustment. This paper highlights the application of open systems theory for generating propositions regarding the management of organizational change and organizational interdependence by application of Information Technology. In this study, this theory has been applied to the study of environmental change and organizational response for a medium scale organization. The study shows that the impact of IT on organizational effectiveness is instrumental to the successful implementation and usage of such system in the organization.