Information Systems 0.0 / 5 ? Business ManagementSociotechnical DebateDevelopment/Implementation & EvaluationIS & Organisational ChangeE-governmentPower of Social MediaUniversityNone Created by: Josh.g98Created on: 23-01-18 14:56 Technological determinism is ... the belief that technology is a catalyst for social change. 1 of 21 According to technological determinists, ... technology is an autonomous force that exists outside society. 2 of 21 A social determinist believes that ... the impact of technology is dependent on people's interpretation and adoption of it. 3 of 21 The anti-essentialist view states that ... the success/failure of a technology depends on its subsequent adoption. 4 of 21 A social determinist view of the printing press is that ... it was based on earlier devices, such as woodlock printing. 5 of 21 There are two general approaches to development: hard & soft 6 of 21 The soft approach to development ... is human-centric (takes account of human factor). 7 of 21 The hard approach to development ... is technical and rational. 8 of 21 The Life-Cycle model for development has six stages (in order): feasibility study; investigation; analysis; design; implementation; review. 9 of 21 When managers implement an IS they can either; use both the new and old systems in parallel or; scrap the old system. These approaches are known as: step-by-step approach; Big-bang approach. 10 of 21 A positivist approach to evaluation ... focuses on the results of implementation (ie success or failure and why?). 11 of 21 IS project management is a potential factor for the failure of an IS. This factor is responsible when ... the budget for the IS runs out. 12 of 21 Another term for 'Taylorism', which is all about standardisation and automation, is ... scientific management. 13 of 21 E-government is the use of ICTs in internal and external government functions. An example of an internal function is ... organisational structure. 14 of 21 An example of an external government function that uses ICTs is ... its interaction with citizens and businesses. 15 of 21 An administrative factor assisting the rise of e-government is ... widespread critique of the irresponsiveness of the bureaucratic public sector. 16 of 21 The phases that organisations went through when integrating ICTs into their functions are (in order) ... automation; informatisation; transformation. 17 of 21 The stages in the development of e-government are (in order) ... information provision; interaction; transaction; integration. 18 of 21 The term 'prosumption' refers to ... the blurring of boundaries between production and consumption (eg self-checkout). 19 of 21 What are the three Cs that account for the 'social' aspect of social media? Cognition; Communication; Cooperation. 20 of 21 'Slacktivism' refers to ... online activism that gives a user the illusion of a meaningful impact, but that actually requires very little effort and that has little or no impact. 21 of 21
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