atically reduced the demand for middle management gatekeepers, the top of the corporation can now directly reach the bottom, and the bottom can directly reach the top. People downstream of the middle manager are now being empowered to do the work without needing the direction of a middle manager.How does the implementation of IT influence the organization?Information Technology and the organization interact in at least seven different way. First, IT systems require new organization policies or designs, like broader and more flexible jobs, a different distribution of authority, new training programs, and a different selection of data criteria. The introduction of an IT system may evoke unanticipated organization dynamics, such as new challenges for power or status, different patterns of communication, and different patterns of monitoring behaviour. Planners can change Information Technology and organizational plans to offset unwanted effects and encourage positive ones, increasing the overall effectiveness of the system.Third, It can itself be expanded and revised by its users. This flexibility allows managers mould Information Technology to best suit their workplace needs for themselves as well as their subordinates. In the long run, this highly benefits the manager, since he/she can shape their IT system to best fit their companies goals. Fourth, it can make or promote new organizational solutions for the manager. It can help organizational members to work together across space and time, which creates broader possibilities for the home based professional. It can also provide a means to go around a centralized or decentralized organization while at the same time achieving integration and control of the organization. IT can also speed up and refine organizational adaptations to changing conditions. This way managers can customize the speed at which their company is entering the IT system. This ability for the managers to slowdown th...
