Assignment on impact of Information Technology

Student Name
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION(S)
MASTER OF BUSINESS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Business issue: The impact of information technology on business communication
Article 1
Ahmed, I., Qadri, A. S., Shahzad, R. K., & Khilji, B. A. (2011). Information Technology - Its
Impact on Global Management. World Applied Sciences Journal, 12(7), 1100-1106.
The world has transformed into a global village that implies management to perform
effectively in borderless markets and manage corporate philosophy to sustain the
environment comprising information technology everywhere. This journal article has been
reviewed by university professors who consider the betterment of organizations through the
strategic implementation of IT in the firms. Like Innocents, Mabiza, & Ezeanyika (2016), this
paper explores several ways through which IT can be enabled in global firm management
thereby redefining the vision of global firms. Since this paper reveals the significance behind
IT in managing global talent, it can be used by global firms managing cultural diversity and
the global supply chain. This paper also reveals some critical drawbacks of IT
implementation that needs to be considered by management before integrating IT systems in
their communication processes. This bibliography gets illuminated by the article as it
provides theoretical frameworks and IT strategies that can develop global teams working in a
virtual environment.
Article 2
Aldea, C. C., Popescu, A.-D., Draghici, A., & Draghici, G. (2012). ICT Tools Functionalities
Analysis for the Decision-Making Process of Their Implementation in Virtual
Engineering Teams. Procedia Technology, 5, 649 – 658.
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This journal article emphasizes prerequisite knowledge and skills used in ICT
management so that communication processes do not lag behind the rest of the world. The
research made finds that tools and methods based on internet technologies like web-based
information have developed critically since the past few years that not only supports business
communication mechanisms but also work procedures in distributed functionalities.
Comparing this article with Luftman, et al. (2012), it can be said that the recent trend in the
globalization of businesses has forced management to implement ICT facilities for
developing global team coordination. Since ICT is based on an unregulated and open
community, it entails challenges like data breaches and leakage alongside making firms prone
to technological errors. Therefore, the authors recommend managements to define and
consider significant terms related to ICT and knowledge management activities such as
knowledge acquisition, sharing, integration, and transfer, thereby making this bibliography an
informative piece by providing critical and underlining facts.
Article 3
Cuel, R., & Ferrario, R. (n.d.). The Impact of Technology in Organizational Communication.
Retrieved from http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/Papers/HandbookNursing.pdf
This white paper uses the ethnomethodological approach for analysing the impacts of
information systems on organizational communication to examine the evolution of the
communication process and how information system impacts knowledge management assets.
The case study made in the paper reveals that for stimulating coordination in a complex
workplace environment, ICT and innovative information management tools are employed
which are further re-engineered regularly. This has increased communication processes and
coordination in every department within the organization including technical, institutional
and managerial levels thereby making ICT an integral and inseparable. Even, Wet,
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Koekemoe, & Nel (2016) cited a similar view stating information technology as a social actor
that influences the communicational setting in the workplace that requires communication
management teams to reshape their ICT tools strategically. The authors claim that although
ICT brings additional challenges, it has improved communication and data management
within firms and opened new ways for people belonging to distant places through a variety of
heterogeneous sources.
Article 4
Durowoju, E. O., Onuka, A. O., & Ajisegiri, R. O. (2013). Challenges and prospects of ICTs
in management communication in Nigeria. World Essays Journal, 1(2), 40-45.
This article proposes to identify challenges related to ICT faced by managers in the
international organizations. The research scholars employed a research procedure in which
300 subjects spread across 6 industries were studied with the help of questionnaires titled
prospects of ICT and challenges related to it. Unlike Ahmed, Qadri, Shahzad, & Khilji
(2011), this paper considers to examine one particular theme revolving around challenges
related to ICT rather than considering other key factors related to IT development in
organizational communication. The authors find that ICT has brought many challenges like
high-cost procurement, costly infrastructure, possible loss of old employees, data breaches
and frauds that calls for giving attention by management. Nevertheless, prospects behind ICT
has also been revealed that can assist readers while making decisions on ICT implementation
within firms. This paper illuminate's bibliography by making some key suggestions like
making arrangements that can ensure ICT maintenance in cost-effective ways.
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