How dose information system influence people’s work
How dose information system influence people’s work
1.0 Introduction
Information systems are composed of a person, computer and other peripheral devices, which can help people and organizations to collect, filter, process, transmit data in a convenient way(Dimitrios, Sakas & Vlachos, 2013). They have greatly revolutionized the way people’s work since they were formatted in the 1950s with the development of software and hardware of computer science(Petter, DeLone & McLean, 2012). They can be considered as a factor of conduction which can replace the traditional capital and labor, thus reducing our costs and capital requirements, according to the viewpoint of economists(Venkatesh, Brown & Bala, 2013). Technological determinism and social determinism are the two confrontational theories that discuss the relationship between technology and society, the former stresses the importance of modern technology, thinks that technology dominates the society, however the latter emphasizes that social factors influence and control the development of technology(Leonardi & Barley, 2010).
First of all, the author analyzes the meanings of technological determinism and social determinism, expounds background of the problem. Then the author analyzes different ways of information systems’ effects by using these two mutually exclusive theories. Furthermore, the author takes the case of human resource information system for example to discuss how HRIS changes the role of human recourses. At last, the author makes the conclusion.
2.0 Literature review
Technological determinism is a theory that supposes that a society’s technology drives the social structure and human development as a key force. The theory is considered to be created by Thorstein Veblen, an famous American sociologist, in his book The Engineers and the Price System(Mcarthy, 2013). It is built on the basis of two principles, one
1.0 Introduction
Information systems are composed of a person, computer and other peripheral devices, which can help people and organizations to collect, filter, process, transmit data in a convenient way(Dimitrios, Sakas & Vlachos, 2013). They have greatly revolutionized the way people’s work since they were formatted in the 1950s with the development of software and hardware of computer science(Petter, DeLone & McLean, 2012). They can be considered as a factor of conduction which can replace the traditional capital and labor, thus reducing our costs and capital requirements, according to the viewpoint of economists(Venkatesh, Brown & Bala, 2013). Technological determinism and social determinism are the two confrontational theories that discuss the relationship between technology and society, the former stresses the importance of modern technology, thinks that technology dominates the society, however the latter emphasizes that social factors influence and control the development of technology(Leonardi & Barley, 2010).
First of all, the author analyzes the meanings of technological determinism and social determinism, expounds background of the problem. Then the author analyzes different ways of information systems’ effects by using these two mutually exclusive theories. Furthermore, the author takes the case of human resource information system for example to discuss how HRIS changes the role of human recourses. At last, the author makes the conclusion.
2.0 Literature review
Technological determinism is a theory that supposes that a society’s technology drives the social structure and human development as a key force. The theory is considered to be created by Thorstein Veblen, an famous American sociologist, in his book The Engineers and the Price System(Mcarthy, 2013). It is built on the basis of two principles, one