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Introduction
• Why do managers need to understand and
participate in IS decisions?
– Today, every company is a technology company
– IS must be managed as a resource
– IS enable change in the way people work
together
– IS are part of almost every aspect of business
– IS enable business opportunities and new
strategies
– IS can be used to combat business challenges
from competitors

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Disruptive Technologies:
• Digitization - electronic products & services
– can increase reach
• Mobile devices - ubiquitous computing
– World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) –
standards for easier access via mobile devices
• Web 2.0 - 2G of web communities & hosted
services for collaboration
– increasing social & political impact
• “Semantic" web - meaning of content
labeled for integration
– Extensible Markup Language (XML) describes
concepts, terms, & relationships

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Steve Wozniak
• Asked if he had expected computing would
be anything like it is today, Woz answered,
– “Barely. Barely.
– Did we expect the Internet? No. We knew that
there would be data sent between computers,
maybe some kind of posting to bulletin boards.
– Music? No.
– Videos? No.
– Did we expect digital cameras? No.
• There were a lot of things unknown that
people could do- we hoped we were giving
them a universal platform, a tool to
implement.”

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Bill Gates
• “In the future, there will only be two
types of organizations
– those that understand the use of
technology and
– those that are out of business.”

7. What will the new corporation
look like?
• The new model
– will have to be more like the
marketplace, and less like corporations of
the past.
– will need to be flexible, agile, able to
quickly adjust to market developments,
and ruthless in reallocating resources to
new opportunities.
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8. Motivate and inspire workers
• Instill in workers drive, creativity, &
innovative spirit more commonly found
among entrepreneurs
• Information gathering needs to be broader
& more inclusive
• New mechanisms for harnessing "wisdom
of crowds"
– Feedback loops to foster:
• Change,
• innovation,
• adaptability.
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9. Worker skills
• Visionary
– Creativity
– Curiosity
– Confidence
– Focus on business solutions
– Flexibility
• Informational & interpersonal
– Communication
– Information gathering
– Interpersonal skills
• Structural
– Project management
– Analytical skills
– Organizational skills
– Planning skills
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10. Worker skills
• Visionary
– Creativity
– Curiosity
– Confidence
– Focus on business solutions
– Flexibility
• Informational & interpersonal
– Communication
– Information gathering
– Interpersonal skills
• Structural
– Project management
– Analytical skills
– Organizational skills
– Planning skills
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