Chapter 3, Problem 1RQ

Explanation of Solution

Definition of an Organization and comparison between technical and behavioral definition of an organization:

Technical definition:

• An organization has stable, formal social structure that takes resources from environment and processes them to produce outputs is defined as technical definition of an organization.
• Technical definition of an organization is focuses on three elements. They are as follows.
  • Capital.
  • Labor.
  • Production and products for consumption.
• This definition also implies that the organization are more stable when compared to an informal group, a formal legal entities, and are social structures.

Behavioral definition:

• An organization is a collection of rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities that are delicately balance over a period is defined as behavioral definition of an organization.
• They highlights the people within the organization, their ways of working, and their relationships...

Explanation of Solution

Features of organizations which helps to organization’s use of information systems:

• Organizational culture:
  • The organizational goals and products create a powerful restraint on change, especially technological change based on assumptions.
• Organizational structure:
  • The information systems reflects on the type of organizational structure such as entrepreneurial, bureaucracy, divisionalized bureaucracy, professional bureaucracy, or adhocracy...