TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of information and communication technologies on firm structure
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT 2000
AU - Spanos, Yiannis
AU - Prastacos, Gregory P.
AU - Poulymenakou, Angeliki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
©2000 IEEE.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The present research attempts to identify the dynamic relationships involved between Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adoption and management efforts towards modernization and reorganization. Using data fiom leading Greek firms, we report evidence as to how changes in organizational structure, i.e. number of hierarchical levels, formalization, centralization and extensiveness of middle line management, link with the current and prospective level of use of various types of advanced ICT. The results show that ICT significantly affects important elements in of all these structural dimensions. In particular, ICT adoption is found related with delayering, low formalization, clear delineation of managerial role and, prospectively, with decentralization. More generally the findings suggest that ICT correlates with an internal environment characterized by open organization and flexibility.
AB - The present research attempts to identify the dynamic relationships involved between Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adoption and management efforts towards modernization and reorganization. Using data fiom leading Greek firms, we report evidence as to how changes in organizational structure, i.e. number of hierarchical levels, formalization, centralization and extensiveness of middle line management, link with the current and prospective level of use of various types of advanced ICT. The results show that ICT significantly affects important elements in of all these structural dimensions. In particular, ICT adoption is found related with delayering, low formalization, clear delineation of managerial role and, prospectively, with decentralization. More generally the findings suggest that ICT correlates with an internal environment characterized by open organization and flexibility.
KW - Impact
KW - Information and communication technologies
KW - Organizational structure
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMIT.2000.916756
DO - 10.1109/ICMIT.2000.916756
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649850228
T3 - Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology:
SP - 573
EP - 579
BT - Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology
Y2 - 12 November 2000 through 15 November 2000
ER -