How does IT Transform Organizations?

• 1. Global networks:

  • independence from location
  • extended global reach
  • reduced cost of global co-ordination
  • reduced transaction costs

• 2. Enterprise networks:

  • collaborative work, teamwork
  • interdivisional co-ordination
  • dispersed task forces
  • lower management costs
  • changed business processes

• 3. Distributed Computing:

  • empowerment

• 4. Portable Computing:

  • virtual organizations
  • working anywhere, anytime (portable work)
  • reduced real estate costs

• 5. Graphical User Interfaces:

  • increased accessibility
  • paperless office
  • portable user

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