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INF-GIT Globalization, Marginalization and
Information Technology Sundeep Sahay Laurence
Habib
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Major social transformations

• Globalization Societies are increasingly
  interconnected at various levels
• Economic
• Political
• Cultural
• Marginalization
• Defined as Distanciation or exclusion from the
  conventional institutions in society (education,
  labour market, etc.)
• Characterized by
• Absence of economic resources
• Lack of knowledge
• Lack of political rights
• Lack of recognition

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Identity
The individual
Culture
Mobility
Adoption
Work
Appropriation
Management of change
BPR
Use
Communication
Power
State
Organizations
Partnerships
Politics
Data
ICTs
Outsourcing
Design
Information
Networks
Collaboration
Methodologies
Knowledge
Internet
Groupware
Technology transfer
IOS
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PART 1 IT IN SOCIETY Chapter 1
Introduction Chapter 2 Contemporary
Society Chapter 3 Computers at Work
PART 2 CHANGING WAYS OF WORKING Chapter 4
Shifting Identity Chapter 5 Teaming Up Chapter
6 Reorganizing the Enterprise Chapter 7 Trust
in Networks
PART 3 DIFFERENT WORLDS Chapter 8 Culture as
Context Chapter 9 Working Across Cultures
PART 4 CONCLUSIONS Chapter 10 Designing for
Diversity
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Chapter 2 Contemporary Society
A description of contemporary society as seen by
prominent authors such as - Anthony Giddens -
Ulrich Beck - Manuel Castells
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Chapter 3 Computers at work

• Introduces four conceptual areas
• - Data, information and knowledge
• - The specific role of IT
• - The nature of improvisation and appropriation
  in work situations
• - Power and politics at the micro-level of
  analysis

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Chapter 4 Shifting Identity

• Based on three case studies
• Stories of individual experiences
• Examines issues such as

• How are globalization processes implicated in
  shifting identity in the workplace?
• What is the role of ICTs in these processes?
• How is identity linked to knowledge and shifting
  power-knowledge relations?

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Chapter 5 Teaming Up

• Focuses on the issues of groups, teams and
  collaborative work
• Examines how such work might be supported by ICTs
  in general and groupware in particular
• Various concepts of team
• Small group of people, same geographical location
• Collaborative work across geographical regions
• Collaborative work across organizational
  boundaries

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Chapter 5 Teaming up (Contd)

• What are the links between groupware
  technologies and globalization processes?
• How effective are groupware technologies in
  supporting collaboration and knowledge sharing?
• How are groupware technologies implicated in
  power relations?

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Chapter 6 Reorganizing the Enterprise

• Focus on company-wide information systems
• IT as the driving force for organizational change

• Why have company-wide IT based initiatives been
  increasingly used as the vehicle for
  organizational transformation?
• What effect have major organizational
  initiatives had on work and worker identity?
• How well have company-wide initiatives coped
  with organizational variety and cultural
  specificities?

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Chapter 7 Trust in Networks

• Much emphasis on
• Partnering of organizations
• Interconnection of organizations in networks
• Purpose
• Exploiting synergies between organizations
• Improving links with suppliers and customers

• How are inter-organizational trust relations
  affected by electronically mediated interaction?
• How is power implicated in network
  relationships?
• What human and organizational issues arise from
  the spread of global networking technologies,
  particularly the Internet?

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Chapter 8 Culture as Context

• Discusses issues of appropriation of ICTs in
  non-Western cultures
• Examples from Thailand, Mexico and South Africa

• How does culture relate to IT use and how may
  culture be understood?
• How should appropriate IT adoption in different
  cultural contexts be facilitated?
• What human and organizational issues arise from
  the spread of global networking technologies,
  particularly the Internet?

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Chapter 9 Working Across Cultures

• Emphasis on cross-cultural working
• Use of IT to facilitate interaction
• Issues of appropriateness of Western
  methodologies

• What problems exist in knowledge-sharing across
  cultures?
• Do Western-origin IS and methodologies embed
  features that inhibit cross-cultural working?
• How can effective co-working with IT in
  cross-cultural contexts be facilitated?