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Social Impacts of ITOrganizations, Individuals, Organizations, Individuals,

and Societyand Society

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ComputerComputer

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• manufacturing,

• industry,

• commerce,

• medicine,

• the home,

• education

• tele-working.

Benefit of IT Communication Technology

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What is Information technology?• IT (information technology)

is a term that encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information in its various forms (business data, voice conversations, still images, motion pictures, multimedia presentations, and other forms, including those not yet conceived).

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Ethical Issues

• Transfer of data across borders

• Privacy codes

• Privacy policy - a sample

• Protecting intellectual property

• Internal aspects

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• Privacy

• Accuracy

• Property

• Accessibility

Information technology at home

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Impacts on Organizations Structure, Authority, Power, and Job

Content

• Flatter organizational hierarchies

• Staff-to-line ratio

• Centralization of authority

• Power and status

• Job content

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• Role ambiguity and conflict

• Personnel issues

• Employee career ladders

• Changes in supervision

• Manager’s job

Information Technology at Business

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• Job satisfaction

• Dehumanization and psychological

• Health and safety– Job stress– Repetitive strain injuries

• Lessening the impact on health and safety

Uses Of Information Technology In Goverment

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Advantages and Disadvantage Of information technology

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The Internet Electronic Community

• Communities of transaction

• Communities of interest

• Communities of relations

• Communities of fantasy