Chapter 15 : Your Future And Information Technology
Nowadays, technology play the important role in our life.
We can communicate to other person by using mobile phone or internet (web cam).
Technology also helps us to do the work or assignment, surf the web more faster and easier.
Did U realized that..???
By the way, I want to talk about :
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS
Did U know that technology can changes the natures of competition by introducing
new products, new enterprises and new relationships among customer and supplier.
Meanwhile, the
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE
People like us can be a cynical, naive, frustrated or proactive in response to technology
CYNICISM
- person feel that this technology is troublesome to learn.
NAIVE
- can be unfamiliar or quite familiar with computers
FRUSTRATION
- impatient and irritated about taking time to learn the technology.
PROACTIVITY
- accept the technology in a positive way
here, i provide the article about the relationship between technology, people and value written by Jay Fienberg. Please read it yaa...!!!
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY, PEOPLE AND VALUE
posted: Dec 1, 2003 7:21:48 PM
This is something I have been working on, inspired by the good info in Smart Mobs, on the Laws of Moore, Sarnoff, Metcalfe, and Reed. I hope to use a version of this at work to help communicate the value of group-forming (social) network software as an emerging opportunity we should take advantage of (which my team happens to be set up to do :-).
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When an enterprise looks to get value out of computer technology, Moore's Law is often cited and used to indicate the ongoing increase in the value that can be leveraged from technology. However, Moore's Law, while essential, was created in 1965, and now must be seen as only one of the laws that describe this increase in value.
With the Internet and now mobile technologies, the value of technology and how people use it can be understood in relation to four laws. These four laws look at not only technology but how people use technology to create value.
Moore's Law = computer processing power doubles every 18 months. Moore's Law also equates to an average performance improvement of over 1% a week.
Sarnoff's Law = the value of a broadcast network is proportionate to the number of viewers / readers.
Metcalfe's Law = value of a computer network is proportionate to the square of the number of nodes, i.e., n2. (And, connecting two networks creates far more value than the sum of their values as independent networks.)
Reed's Law = value of a group-forming network is proportionate to the exponential of the number of groups, i.e., 2n
Two important notes about these laws: 1) While Moore's Law may indicate the increasing value of any single device or computer, it does not account for value derived when that device or computer is connected to another—the other laws each account for this. 2) With the Internet (and so-called intranet technologies), each law builds on the one that precedes it—thus Reed's Law is effective by being the combination of Moore's Law, Sarnoff's Law, Metcalfe's Law and Reed's Law.
Table showing the relative network value of ten and eleven users in relation to each of the above laws:
| technology law | example technology | example application | network value, 10 users | network value, 11 users |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore's law | desktop pc | Word, Excel | 1 | 1 |
| Sarnoff's law ~ n readers | TV, radio, some websites | news website | 10 | 11 |
| Metcalfe's law ~ n2 nodes | common network addresses and protocols | file sharing, email | 100 | 121 |
| Reed's law ~ 2n groups | group-forming networks / sites | eBay, amazon.com recommendations | 1,024 | 2,048 |
