Homework Assignment 3 (IS and the Design of Work)
Read Managing and Using IS (Ch. 4) and answer the following questions:
1. Explain why a worker might resist the implementation of a new technology. (3 points)
2. Given the growth in telecommuting and other mobile work arrangements, how might offices physically change in the coming years? Will offices as we think of them today exist by 2020? Explain. (6 points)
3. What current technologies (other than those mentioned in Question 2 above) do you predict will show the most impact on the way work is done? Explain. (6 points)
Read Managing and Using IS (Ch 4, Case Studies 4-1 and 4-2). Choose one of these case studies and answer the case study Discussion Questions related to the case that you chose. (15 points)
