The Use of Technology in Organizations
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1Social and ethical issues associated with technology.............................................................1Task 2...............................................................................................................................................3Different types of network......................................................................................................3Task 3...............................................................................................................................................4Role of information technology in management....................................................................4CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7Books and Journals.................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTIONInformation technology is the usage of computer systems or any other technology forstoring, transmitting, retrieving or manipulating information or data often in terms of business ororganization. IT is being used in many companies nowadays in many of their operations. But useof technology has also created some issues within the organization(Laudon, 2016). Thisassignment will lay emphasis on all the social and ethical issues associated with the technology,different types of network and use of information technology in management. All these topicswill be discussed in details in this assignment.Task 1Social and ethical issues associated with technologyThere are many social and ethical issues associated with technology Privacy: Individuals privacy is one of the area which has been identified as a base forunethical business behaviour through different technologies. Companies can track buyinghabits, internet usage, personal information as well as all the individual movements oftheir clients as well as their customers. Government has passed an act in which they haveindividuals to restrict the collection of data and have some control over what companiesstore and collect but still personal information of an individual is being compromised.Security: Organizations in the name of security monitor and collect much additionalinformation then required of employees and visitors. Ethical issues arises when activitiesof employees are continuously monitored and recorded through security cameras(Xiang,Magnini and Fesenmaier, 2015). This unjustified level of surveillance is ethicallyquestionable. All the companies must maintain a level of justification which is ethicalespecially for non-employees such as visitors. Communication: There are many companies who monitors text- based digitalcommunications such as emails. These organizations scan millions of text and theirsender's message which is also unethical as they scan these messages without an explicitagreement of employees. Content: With new technologies' creation and distribution of videos and images has beenmade easy. Without any guideline companies or individuals uses contents that areavailable on internet without anyone's permission. This sometime offends somecompanies employees or individuals. Companies should maintain some standards which1
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