Information Technology and the Design of Work Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach Amal Al-Shehri Bashaier Al-Ghamdi Bayan Al-Thomali Nuha Al-Shehri
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3 Best Buy
Other Examples..
5 Approach to Work
6 Virtual Organizations
7 Real Life example
8 WORK DESIGN FRAMEWORK
9 -> used to assess how emerging technologies may affect work. -> useful in designing key characteristics of work by asking key
10 What Work Will be Performed What is the best way to do the work(person or a computer) Who is Going To Do the Work Where is the person when doing he work Where is the group doing the work? (together or geographically dispersed) How can IT enhance the effectiveness of the Group Doing the work Automate The Work Person Computer An Individual A Group
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IT FACILITATES COMMUNICATION Work Design Framework
IT to Facilitate Communication
14 IT to Facilitate Communication
IT to Facilitate Communication Intranet
Copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 16 IT to Facilitate Communication Instant Messaging (IM)
IT to Facilitate Communication Voice over IP (VoIP)
Copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 18 Video Teleconferencing IT to Facilitate Communication
Unified communications (UC)
IT to Facilitate Communication RSS
Copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 22 IT to Facilitate Communication VPN
IT to Facilitate Communication File Transfer
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IT FACILITATES COLLABORATION Work Design Framework
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Copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 27 IT to Facilitate Collaboration Social networking
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IT to Facilitate Collaboration Virtual worlds
35 IT to Facilitate Collaboration Web logs (Blogs)
IT to Facilitate Collaboration Wikis
IT to Facilitate Collaboration Groupware
Challenge 1 !!
Scan it
Coffee Break
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HOW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THE NATURE OF WORK
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CREATING NEW TYPES OF WORK IT Changes the Nature of Work
New Types of Work
Number of IT workers in the United States at 3.7 million workers in 2006, with projections for this number to grow 25.2% to 4.0 million by
New Types of Work Virtually every department in every business has someone who ‘‘knows the computer’’ as part of their job
The Top Jobs For 2014-Forbes 1. Software Developers (Applications and Systems Software) 2. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 3. Training and Development Specialists 4. Financial Analysts 5. Physical Therapists 6. Web Developers 7. Logisticians 8. Database Administrators 9. Meeting, Convention and Event Planners 10. Interpreters and Translators 11. Petroleum Engineers 12. Information Security Analysts
Future jobs !
NEW WAYS TO DO TRADITIONAL WORK IT Changes the Nature of Work
Copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 51 New Ways to do Traditional Work Changing the way work is done.
53 Changing Communication Patterns New Ways to do Traditional Work
Walmart
55 Changing Organizational Decision Making and Information Processing New Ways to do Traditional Work
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Digital Marketing 60 % -> influencers !
Twitter Magic!
Results?
Duration? 8 hours !
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62 Changing Collaboration New Ways to do Traditional Work
Social Network
Facebook Magic !
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NEW CHALLENGES IN MANAGING PEOPLE IT Changes the Nature of Work
68 Traditional Approach: Subjective Observation Newer Approach; Objective Assessment Supervision Personal and informal. Manager is usually present or relies on others to ensure that employee is present and productive. Electronic, or assessed by deliverable. As long as the employee is producing value, he does not need formal supervisions Evaluation Focus is on process through direct observation. Manager sees how employee performed at work. Subjective (personal) factors are very important. Focus is on output by deliverable (e.g., produce a report by a certain date) or by target (e.g., meet a sales quota). As long as deliverables are produced and/or targets achieved, the employee is meeting performance expectations adequately. Subjective factors may be less important and harder to gauge. Compensation and Rewards Often individually-based.Often team-based or contractually spelled out Hiring Personal with little reliance on computers. Often more reliance on clerical skills Often electronic with recruiting websites and electronic testing. More informated work that requires a higher level of IT skills. New challenges in managing people
EVAP
Challenge 2 !!
What is?
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