How Does the Technical View of Organizations Fall Short of Understanding

question 88

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 the inputs and outputs, labor and capital, as being infinitely malleable.
• D) It sees the organization as a social structure similar to a machine.

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