CH3-4

Which organizational feature will least affect IT/IS implementation?

• organizational politics

• organizational culture

• leadership style

• labor union

Factors of business environment that will affect IS/IT implementation include all but:

• customers

• governments

• organizational structures

• competitors

Technologies that bring transformative changes to organizations are considered as:

• incremental technologiies

• emerging technologies

• disruptive technologies

• valuable technologies

All examples are disruptive technologies except:

• Internet

• electrical car

• personal computer

• artificial intelligence

Inventors of disruptive technologies tend to have first mover advantages.

• True

• False

Which is NOT an example of economic impacts of IT/IS?

• improving productivity

• increasing operations efficiency

• reducing transaction costs

• changing employee attitude

IT can help flatten organizations not because:

• decisions can be made faster

• span of control can be increased

• decisions can be made at different levels

• fewer people can make decisions

Factors that affect organizational resistance to change include all but:

• CEO's salary

• organizational culture

• organizational structure

• types of innovation

The Internet affects organizations greatly because it increases accessibility and distribution of information.

• True

• False

Which factor is NOT a part of the five forces model?

• New entrants

• Customers

• Substitutes

• Suppliers

• Technology