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In today's dynamic and turbulent environment, responding to technological change can be pivotal to an organization's competitiveness and ultimate success.
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In today's dynamic and turbulent environment, responding to technological change can be pivotal to an organization's competitiveness and ultimate success. It is for this reason that new technologies are continually being implemented into modern workplaces. Technology's infiltration into the world of work has had the effect of modifying the purpose and design of many jobs. It has also facilitated the transformation of once rigid and hierarchically structured corporations into virtual organizations. The impacts of technological change can be seen on an organizational, group and individual level. For individuals, technological change can arouse a variety of emotional reactions and behaviors, from delight at the ease and speed it brings to job tasks, to feelings of anxiety, stress and isolation. Within groups, resistance to technological change can occur if it clashes with group norms. Technological change can even have an impact on groups where change is accepted, as it often rearranges existing...
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