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IT20Lecture10.pptxIT 20 Lecture Ten
Matthew Yen
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19. Organizations and Technological Change
Cause or Consequence
Information Technologies
Inter-organizational Relations
Innovation and Entrepreneurs
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Organization Structure
Robert Blauner (1964) : production technologies – printing, textile, automobile, continuous process
Joan Woodward (1965): variables- number of level of hierarchy, ratio of managers, number of people supervised, etc. Unit, small-batch production and mass production.
Charles Perrow (1979): degree of variability of ‘raw materials’ processed, the extent of ‘routine procedures’ for problem solving (input, output and automation)
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Technology Consequences
Samuel Insull : National Electric Light Association and Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (urban generating plant)
Samuel Insull: The Rise of an Empire
Rise and Fall of an Empire
David Noble at MIT : NC, CNC
IBM, AT&T, Etc.
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Technology & Organizations
Technology affects how we live, forming and shaping culture, it also affects as how we work and forming and shaping organizations.
There is a constant struggle between invention/innovations ideas and stable organization much like the pain of delivering a baby.
Volkswagen emissions scandal: A timeline
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Entrepreneurs and Organizations
Admiral William S. Sims
Steve Jobs Profile: How a Dreamer Changed the World
http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fI3zz2cp3k
The single biggest reason why startups succeed by Bill Gross: https://youtu.be/bNpx7gpSqbY
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20 Governing Technology
Government Institutions
Democratic Control of Technology
Challenges
Keystone Pipeline: No Brainer
http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjnaYCt1mk
No Keystone XL Pipeline
http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qTl5DAEzTk
Oil Truth Part 2: The Keystone XL Pipeline
http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVgVIK3K6Zg
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Who is in Control? Bottom Up or Top Down?
The Invisible Hand: YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBifN69gcKY
NSF: YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_yubIHA2M
Steve Job: YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjaTZODOKmw
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJenqhpwvlA
Industrial Organization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jQg6jM2L3I
Invisible Hand - Order beyond Chaos
Cause Effect
(Deterministic)
Cause > Effect
(Interactive, non-deterministic)
Two Systems Temporal vs Eternal
Newton’s First Law of Motion:
Solar system, Molecular system
Quantum phenomena, absolute zero, etc.
Physical Realm: Gas, liquid, solid,
biological systems
Human/Spiritual Realm: Society, organization, states, etc.
Cause Effect
Cause > Effect
(Interactive)
?
A Visual Model for the ‘Invisible Hand’ (Bottom Up and Top Down)
Entities: individual, community, organizations, corporations, state, country, etc.
Beyond Needs:
Value, Goals, Objectives
Family: Foundation of Society
Conclusions
Technology does not have a life, society has lives
Technology Determinism is a myth according to the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Technology development and progress phenomena may well explained by Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs is a visual model of the ‘Invisible Hand’
Garages are incubators for many technology development along with family supports
Conclusions (continued)
Theory of Diffusion is a viable model to explain the theory of convergence
S-curve is a universal model to help students understand complex issues related to technology development
Decision matrix is a valuable tool for technology decisions – Know the limitations. Do not play God!!
Social media technology challenges old order, we must keep fundamental beliefs in mind and think criticcally
Historical Perspective
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
Tales of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
Point to Ponder
后生可畏: A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present? (Confucius)
If you hold to my teaching …Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32)
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Conservative System
Reversible process (light, wave,
order, perpetuity)
Beyond speed of light
Non- conservative
System (world)
Irreversible process
(disorder, chaos, friction,
diffusion, entropy, etc.)
Speed of light is limit
Theory
Metaphor
Analogy
Truth
