ITM 102 Chapter 3: ITM102 - Chapter 3 (Textbook Notes)
5 Oct 2016
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Information systems and organizations influence each other: developed by managers to serve interests in the business firm, organization must be aware of and open to the influences of information systems to benefit from new technologies. An organization is a stable, formal structure that takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce outputs o. Capital and labour are primary production factors provided by the environment. Organization transforms these inputs into products and services in a production function. Products and services are consumed by environments in return for supply inputs o o o. Formal legal entities with internal rules and procedures that must abide by laws. Social structures because they are a collection of various social elements. Groups: more realistic behavioural definition of an organization is a collection of rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities delicately balanced over a period of time through conflict and conflict resolution.
