Faculty of Technology: MIS Portfolio Report - IMAT5206

This report delves into the realm of information systems, focusing on organizational structures, technology adoption, and their interplay. It examines how organizational structures, including hierarchies, influence the implementation and management of information systems. The report explores various theories and models related to technology adoption, highlighting the factors that affect its success, such as organizational culture and the impact of new technologies. The report also touches upon the benefits and drawbacks of specific structures, as well as the importance of integrating information systems effectively. The report references several academic sources, including studies on the sociomateriality of information systems and the impact of technology in organizational settings. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the subject matter, discussing the impact of information systems on organizations and the process of technology adoption. The report is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of information systems within organizations and IS/IT departments in order to analyze given scenarios and propose evaluated solutions to given problems. It includes an analysis of various concepts within information systems selection, evaluation, and deployment. The report also includes a review and assessment of information sources within IT management literature, both trade and academic.

Organizations as
Social and Work
Structures

Organizations as Social and Work Structures
Resemblance with social structure
social hierarchy is followed

Organizations as Social and Work
Structures
Benefits:
Structured approach to organization
Proper organizational management

Organizations as Social and Work
Structures
Drawbacks:
 Often not consistent with working structure
 Inconsistence with organizational structure

Session 6 overall story
There are various theory that describes the adoption of new technology
adoption and various aspects that influences this process and
organizational culture is one of them. one organizational theory that is
widely adopted, represents organization as social and working structure.
This model describes interaction of organizational structure with
organizational culture along with it’s influence on organizational policies
and decision making process of organization as well.

Source of session 6 story 2
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Cecez-Kecmanovic et al. (2014) The Sociomateriality of Information Systems: Current
Status, Future Directions. MIS Quarterly, 38(3) 809- 830.
Mutch, A. (2013) Sociomateriality – Taking the wrong turning? Information and
Organisation 23(1) 26-40.
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for Information Systems. Ed .Willcocks, L and Mingers J. John Wiley.
McBride, N. (2005). 'Chaos Theory as a Model for Interpreting Information Systems in
Organizations', Information Systems Journal, 15: 233–54
Davison, Robert M. (2000) "Professional Ethics in Information Systems: A Personal
Perspective”, Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 3,
Article 8.