Information Society

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Information Society E-Government
210004 PS D3/F/G6 WS 2005

• W. Frisch

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Time Table
210004 Blocked Tuesday Oct 11, Oct 25, HS 23
630 P.M. Lectures 210003 Oct 24, Nov 7, Nov
28, Dec 12 HS 28 - 4 P.M. Proposal for Research
due Oct 25 Virtual Midterm Exam Nov 8 Final
Term Paper due Jan 16, 2006

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Information Society

• Information Society is a term for a society in
  which the creation, distribution, and
  manipulation of information has become the most
  significant economic and cultural activity.

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Objectives

• Investigate major implications of ICT in Europs
  
• on organizations and individuals in the private
  and public sector power, jobs, supervision, and
  decision making

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Does ICT have only Positive Effects

• While our society generally embraces IT, there
  are many people who believe that humankind is
  threatened by the evolution of technology.
• We must be aware of ICTs negative effects on
  individuals and members of organizations and
  society.

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Questions arise

• such as
• Will society have any control over the decisions
  to deploy technology?
• Where will technology critics be able to make
  their voices heard?
• Who will investigate the costs and risks of
  technologies, and who is going to pay for that
  investigation?

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Structure, Authority Job Content

• Flatter Organizational Hierarchies
• An increased span of control.
• Blue-to-white Collar Staff Ratio
• The number of professionals and specialists could
  decline.
• Special Units
• Technology center, e-commerce center, etc.

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The Managers Job

• IT changes the way Managers make decisions in the
  following ways
• Automation of routine decisions
• Less expertise required for many decisions.
• Less reliance on experts to provide support to
  top executives.
• Power redistribution among managers, and power
  shifts down the organization.

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Organizational Changes

• The use of computer-assisted communication
  technologies leads to organizational changes

• A large variety of people participate in decision
  making.
• Fewer organizational levels

• More rapid identification of oportunities for
  better decisions

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Impacts of Individuals at Work

• Job Satisfaction
• Dissatisfied Managers
• Dehumanization Psychological Impacts
• Isolation and the Internet

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Impacts of Individuals at Work

• Information Anxiety
• Frustration with the quality of the information
  available on the Web.
• Too many sources online.
• Frustration with the guilt associated with not
  being better informed.
• Impacts on Health Safety
• Job Stress
• Repetitive Strain Injuries
• Ergonomics

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Technology Crime

• One of the major debates surrounding IT involves
  situations in which police are using technology
  to reduce crime.
• Scanning Crowds for Criminals.
• Casinos use face recognition systems to identify
  undesirables.
• Many banks, gas stations, convenience stores, and
  even elevators use the system.

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What is eEurope?

• An initiative within the EU to ensure Europe
  benefits from the emerging Information Society
  operating along 3 key Action Lines (or
  objectives)
• Cheaper, faster, secure internet,
• Investing in people and skills,
• Stimulate the use of the internet.

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Europes Way to the Information Society

• From State Monopoly to the Base Technology of the
  Information Society - Information Society is
  more than Telecommunications (Clinton/Gore
  'White Paper' 1993).
• Bangemann-Report 1994 Europe and the global
  information society. "An information society is
  a means to achieve so many of the Union's
  objectives"

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Instruction Methods

• Tutorials and virtual-learning units will be the
  primary methods of instruction
• The analytical approaches emphasizes on ICTs
  socio-political implications
• Guest lecturers will be featured as appropriate -
  Dates will be announced -

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Guest Readers

• Gert Keuschnigg (IBM)
• Rudolf Horvath (APA
• Oct 24, 4 p.m. HS28 Thomas Lutz (Microsoft
• J. Tiefenbacher (Capgemini)
• Arthur Winter (BMfF)
• Rudolf Fischer (Telekom)
• H. Ametsreiter (Mobilkom)
• Josef Broukal (NR-SPÖ)
• H.Eichert/N.Schröder (ORACL)

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Research Targets Term Paper Submitance

• You are expected to write a min. 9 page
  research report in english. Students will select
  a topic for research from a list of research
  topics.
• Submit your final version of research paper (due
  latest Jan 16, 2006) for evaluation

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Asignment Information

• Written Proposal for Research
• due Oct 25, - 2005
• Term Paper due Jan 16-2006
• Monitor syllabus for updates announcements
• Contact - walter.frisch_at_univie.ac.at

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What is your task ?

• 1. Select a topic for research (hyperlink in
  syllabus)
• 2. Write a Proposal (get approval)
• 3. Carry our research and write term paper (min 9
  pages)
• Use the doc template (hyperlink for download in
  syllabus)

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Writing a Research Proposal

• the research proposal has two major, practical
  functions
• It helps you to structure your thinking about
  how to approach an answer to your problem.
• It convinces your adviser and readers that you
  have thought through the parameters of your
  problem and have a good strategy for solving it.

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This question should be a combination of

• 1. the subject you intend to explore
• 2. the specific question you intend to answer
• 3. the significance of your answer in solving the
  problem
• 4. elaboration of the different implications of
  the research question, substantively linking it
  to the setting in which it fits and
• 5. discussion of why the question is important
  (intellectually, practically, and
  theoretically).

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Next Course - Agenda

• October 25, - 183000 - HS 23
• Presentation Proposal for Research
• Term Paper Issues

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Readings Resources

• All course documents are now available in course
  description - see hyperlinks in
• Course Home Page
• http//www.univie.ac.at/frisch/isegov/aushaengUni
  Wien/pssyllabusws05.htm
• See handout Readings Resources

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Assignment for next meeting - Oct 25, 2005

• Subscribe to class no. 210004 ASAP
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• Submit your Research Proposal using the
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SSRN

• Social Science Research Networkis an on-line
  venue providing access to working papers, of
  interest to the eBusiness and eCommerce
  community. http//www.ssrn.com/

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Monitor Course Description for Announcements

• You will receive e-mail notifications and
  matererials

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Course Objectives

• How information technological developments affect
  social and political systems
• Design and conduct a search of electronic, mass
  media, Internet and archival materials for use as
  documentary material in support of a research
  project

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THEORIES AND POLICIES FOR THE GLOBAL INFORMATION
SOCIETY DIGITALISATION,CONVERGENCE AND
GLOBALIZATION
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Questions

• Use some time to introduce yourself to the course
  description, and familiarize yourself with the
  aims and objectives of the course, the teaching
  style and materials, and to settle any questions
  about the assignment or exam.
• If you have any other questions about the course
  content, reading materials, etc., now is a good
  time to raise them.
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• See Guidelines for assignments term paper in
  Course description
• _at_ www.univie.ac.at/frisch/
• See You October 25

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