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| Title: | A GENERAL MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS |
| Authors: | Laudon, Kenneth C. |
| Issue Date: | 24-Jan-1989 |
| Publisher: | Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Series/Report no.: | IS-89-011 |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to develop a general model of the process
by which large organizations develop information technology over long
periods of time. A special focus of the paper concerns the question how
"social impacts of computers" are produced by management
decisions, organizational exigencies, accidents, and environmental
forces. The model is clearly situated in the broader behavioral
literature on organizations and organizational innovation. Major streams
of behavioral research and assumptions are reviewed. The model assumes
an eclectic position: organizational innovation results from both
internal institutional factors as well as powerful environmental forces.
"Social impacts of computers" filter out from a reasonably
complex interaction between the organization and the environment. Our
goal from the outset was to develop a general model of information
technology development which was not a "special" purpose,
narrowly framed theory typical of prior management information system
research. In addition, we hope to set straight popular misconceptions
created by vendors, consultants, and others concerning the question, how
do computers "impact" organizations. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14431 |
| Appears in Collections: | IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers
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