How Does the Technical View of Organizations Fall Short of Understanding

question 8

Multiple Choice

How does the technical view of organizations fall short of understanding the full impacts of information systems in a firm?

• A)It sees information systems as a way to rearrange the inputs and outputs of the organization.
• B)It sees capital and labor as primary production factors.
• C)It sees an organization as a collection of rights,privileges,obligations,and responsibilities.
• D)It sees the organization as a social structure similar to a machine.
• E)It sees the inputs and outputs,labor and capital,as being infinitely malleable.

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Emic

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Etic

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