Problem:
Ashkenas et. al (2002) note that technological advancements led to the total breakdown of time and space as limiting factors in organizational interactions. Business can now take place anytime, anywhere."
What do you see as a potential advantage and disadvantage of this phenomenon?
After answering giving supporting information could you respond to a statement by other classmate as attached?
Business can now take place anytime, anywhere.
Nowadays, the world moves to the technology era, according to increasing global competition, fast moving of technological and environment change. The organizations have to restructure themselves to be flexible and adapt to the new world.
Technology and communication can go to the concept of "anytime, anywhere" so, no barrier that happened when you want to do business across the country around the world.
Advantage of communication and the advanced technology help the organization by
1) Expand the market to other countries, not do the business only in your country.
2) Can share the efficiently skilled among other people, other company or different organization
3 Less cost, when the company want to invest the business in the other country, they can use technology or the world of communicate to interact within the business. Such as internet, mobile phone.
4) Easier to communicate
Disadvantage:
1) Sometimes the old generation does not accept the new technolog;, it's hard for organization to adjust or modify structure to be flexible to the new world.
2) To suffer from communication barrier, according to the employees come of different country and background. It's hard for organization to work with diverse people.
3) Interpreted communication, spoken, written. If wrong interpretation happened in business, it cannot make the organization to meet their goal.
4) Lack of sharing information within organization.