e IT system to work at their own pace is excellent for employees who are having a hard time with the new technology, and greatly helps the implementation process become more user-friendly. Sixth, IT systems and organizational reforms can sometimes be considered as alternatives, or backups for the time being. Managers can use IT as a backup plan, incase their current strategy fails. This leaves managers with flexibility and breathing room, something they do not usually have. Also, planning an Information Technology system creates opportunities for introducing organizational changes that management may view as desirable. In this case, they can use Information Technology planning to set higher standards of excellence for the future. Managers of this process should be aware of each of these potential relationships between organization and technology. If not, they will pass opportunities to develop more effective IT systems, and find themselves behind the competition. How will IT affect me?Information Technology will affect workers in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in many other ways. There are many skilled workers in the developing world who cost far less than workers in the developed world. The impact of this globalization of manufacturing has already been felt. There is a good portion of knowledge work that can be outsourced to workers in the eveloping world. Unlike manufacturing, many parts in the service sector have no physical weight and are very easy to transport, whether it be electronically or through paper mail. Bookkeeping, accounting, scheduling are a wide range of service related jobs that can be done in the developing world and linked by information networks to corporations in the developed world by Information Technology advances. The lower cost of labour, and small shipping cost would make this a very feasible option for many corporations as the progress in the expansion of their Information Technology. What this me...
