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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATIONS
The Impact of Organizational Culture on a Technology Implementation
The Impact of Organizational Culture on a Technology Implementation
Introduction
E. ... This paper will assess the impact of E. ... DuPont’s organizational culture on implementing a new technology, Lotus Notes/Domino v6. ...
Organizational Culture
Organizational culture is defined as the personality of an organization. Culture is comprised of the assumptions, values, norms and tangible signs (artifacts) of organization members and their behaviors. Members of an organization soon come to sense the particular culture of an organization. Culture is one of those terms that is difficult to express distinctly, but everyone knows it when they sense it (McNamara, 1999).
Corporate culture can be looked at as a system of inputs and outputs. ... Outputs or effects of corporate culture are organizational behaviors, technologies, strategies, image, products, services, appearance, and the general methodologies a company employs in going about their business. The concept of culture is particularly important when attempting to manage organization-wide change. Practitioners are coming to realize that, despite the best-laid plans, organizational change must include not only changing structures and processes, but also changing the corporate culture (McNamara, 1999). “Culture drives the organization and its actions. ... A culture may be effective at one time, under a given set of circumstances and ineffective at another time. There is no generically good culture.
DuPont Culture
The secret to a company that will last is its ability to manage both continuity and change. ... DuPont’s corporate culture is based on the involvement of its employees in everything the company does. ...
The Chosen Technology
The current Lotus Notes/Domino groupware application in use at DuPont is more than six years old and the server hardware is approximately four years old. ... Shaped by what customers want and what the market demands, Domino 6 helps companies conduct business through advanced collaboration and innovative technology (IBM, 2003).
Technology and People
There are many documented cases where companies tried to install new technologies or systems of working without considering the impact on social systems, the way people work and interact with each other, or without giving thought to how the people who actually do the work feel about the changes. ...
DuPont’s Cultural Impact on The Technology Implementation
Implementations of new technology forces change. ...
There are several key initiatives in the Lotus Notes/Domino implementation that are designed to address DuPont’s culture and acceptance of this new technology.
Approximate Word count = 1944
Approximate Pages = 7.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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