Impacts of Information Technology on Individuals, Organizations and Societies

Part VI

Implementing and Managing IT
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IT Strategy and Planning
Information Technology Economics
Acquiring IT Applications and Infrastructure
Security
Impacts of IT on Individuals, Organizations, and Society

Impacts of IT on
Individuals, Organizations, and Society

Movie Piracy

Learning Objectives

17.1 Perspectives on IT Impacts
17.2 IT Is Eliminating the Barriers of Time,

After studying this chapter, you will be able to:

Space, and Distance

Understand the changes that take place in the workplace and the lives of individuals when information technology eliminates geographical and spatial barriers.

Describe some of the major impacts of information technology on individuals, organizations, and society.

17.3 Information Is Changing from a Scarce
Resource to an Abundant Resource

Discuss the positive and negative effects associated with the abundance of information made available by IT.

17.4 Machines Are Performing Functions

Identify the issues that arise due to uneven diffusion of information technology across countries and socioeconomic classes.

Previously Performed by Humans

17.5 Information Technology Urges People to
Reexamine Their Value Systems

Understand the complexity of effects of technological progress on labor markets and individual employees.

17.6 Conclusion
17.7 Managerial Issues

Discuss the impacts of information technology on the quality of life and interpersonal relationships.
Recognize the legal, ethical, and moral issues that become particularly critical due to proliferation of information technology.

Minicases:
1. Megachurches
2. RFID for Consumer Products

Integrating IT
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MOVIE PIRACY
The Problem
Generations of moviegoers went to movie theaters to enjoy the latest films. They accepted the idea of paying for their movies. However, movie piracy, which has been greatly accelerated by information technology, is challenging this notion. Now, movie pirates are bringing

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