信息通信技术对企业之间协调的影响(PPT 63页).pptxVIP

Hugh Yan;论文作者;It is widely believed that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enable organizations: to decrease costs; to increase capabilities; to change interorganizational coordination;ICT could be driving force to change interorganizational coordination; however, other aspects have also impacts on interorganizational coordination. Those aspects: are described and combined with ICT; are guidelines presented to indicate the direction of changing interorganizational coordination; These guidelines are translated to the container transport industry for evaluation purpose; conclusions lead to further research on the impact of ICT on interorganizational coordination. ;Organization’s business environment is changing quickly： Over the past years, organizational focus has shifted from the organizational level towards the interorganizational level, because of the increasing interesting in business trends: ;Organization’s business environment is changing quickly： Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The first business trend. ICT can decrease costs and increase capabilities of organization. For example, EDI, e-mail, world wide website. ICT has easily crossed the boundary among organizations and has become the main factor of information intensive process. ICT trends: Exchange documents between organizations; New ways to do business; examples: Electronic trading markets; Electronic auctions; Electronic bookstore; ICT has developed from a minor force to dominant force. ;Organization’s business environment is changing quickly： Outsourcing. The second business trend: Organizations concentrate on their own core business; Organizations specialize in main activities to reduce costs; Avoid occurring turbulence of instability or frequent changes; Avoid occurring turbulence of randomness or unpredictabilities. ;Organization’s business environment is changing quickly： Globalization. The third business trend: International trade agreements, such as: European U