Posted: December 27th, 2015

With reference to one or more theories discussed in the module, what are the possible consequences of introducing a company-wide Management Information System into an organisation?

With reference to one or more theories discussed in the module, what are the possible consequences of introducing a company-wide Management Information System into an organisation?
Approaching the question
You are reminded that whilst some questions may very evidently refer to a particular unit they are all designed to span issues across the entire module. A full answer to the question will require reflection on the issues that you have encountered throughout the module. It is important to bear in mind that the content of your answer will depend on the argument that you wish to put forward in answer to the question and not solely on the concepts that the question explicitly identifies.
The question invites you to apply one or more theories discussed in the module to an understanding of how an MIS may change life inside an adopting organisation. Labour Process Theory and Actor Network Theory stress the impact on power relations whilst other theories (technologies of representation) also consider how an MIS may offer an unrealistic or distorted picture of how organisations actually work in practice.
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