Course Project

Implementation of information and communication technology remains an integral opportunity for most firms. However, most firms face enormous challenges as much as they are likely to introduce significant and lasting positive changes to the organization. For instance, the rapid penetration of mobile access has greatly impacted communication in various ways. Additionally, it is imperative to have programs that test, share, and develop valuable knowledge that will help in alleviating pitfalls during implementation process. However, it is noteworthy that this emergent potential and opportunity presents numerous issues and possible threats for large organizations, which include:

a) Issues of Sustainability and Scale: the use of ICT in organizations remain very important. However, one of the issues is that most organizations usually have a large scale and unsustainable. It is important that organizations address issues of sustainability to realize the full potential of ICT as an integral program for organizations. Additionally, ICT is an important tool that improves levels of collaboration, both internally and externally but it faces the hurdle of scaling that will necessitate coordination.

b) Funding: the issue of funding remains the most vital issue since ICT implementation presents fundamental and far-reaching questions regarding its financing (Bouwman, et al., 2008). It is never easy for firms to properly manage and resource financial and human investment in ICT.

Assumptions

Assumptions that many organizations make when implementing ICT is that the process is unlikely to create huge hurdles. However, potential clients rapidly become frustrated when much touted advancements perform tests to understand the technological performance (Bouwman, et al., 2008). There are two assumptions behind leading a pilot activity before presenting a development in all cases in an enormous association: first, to fill in as an examination and demonstrate specialized attainability to top administration and, second, to fill in as a dependable showing model for different units in the association (Hosoya, Maruhashi & Orihashi, 2015). These two reasons for existing are not constantly perfect. In the event that the advancement must prevail at the pilot site so as to endure politically, the usage supervisor may pick a site that stances for all intents and purposes no hazard however that neither offers genuine advantage to the association nor builds up a model for different units.

Simultaneously, in any case, if the preliminary is to be a valid test, it cannot happen among the most imaginative individuals in the enterprise. Accomplishment at this sort of site is powerless against the analysis that these clients are a long way from run of the mill. Testing the new innovation best case scenario performing unit, despite the fact that it might be the place the advancement is most required and would demonstrate the most marvelous outcomes, is no better a decision. On the off chance that the undertaking misfires, the usage supervisor won't know the amount of the disappointment was brought about by remarkable issues with the site and how much by the inborn properties of the innovation. In the event that the task succeeds, faultfinders will rush to take note of that anything would have helped activities at that site (Gendron, 2013).

Constraints

There are numerous constraints that may hinder the successful implementation of ICT in an organization. Some of them include time and unavailability of resources. Since the implementation of any technological changes within an organizations require deadlines. However, these deadlines may prove difficult to meet because of time constraints. Additionally, implementation require resources and lack of the resources may also cause enormous problems to the successful implementation of the desired changes within an organization. Lack of enough resources creates gaps in the implementation process

References

Bouwman, H., van, . H. B., van, . W. L., & van, D. J. A. G. M. (2008). Information and Communication Technology in Organizations: Adoption, Implementation, Use and Effects. London SAGE Publications Ann Arbor, Michigan ProQuest.

Gendron, M. S. (2013). Business Intelligence Applied: Implementing an Effective Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure. Hoboken, New Jersey.

Hosoya, K., Maruhashi, K., & Orihashi, N. (2015). U.S. Patent No. 8,933,840. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.