EIS AND ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE

The need for innovation, flexibility, and adaptability has fostered significant changes in information system requirements, particularly those that are hosted on information technology (IT) infrastructures. Attempts to respond to these competitive needs in dynamic and at times disruptive environments by applying IT is driving dramatic changes in how organizations are designed to conduct business in domestic and transnational markets. The expanding roles of information systems have intensified the long-standing interest in evaluating their implications for organizational design. One technology that has changed the distribution of authority, management control methods, communication processes, and organizational structure is executive information systems (EIS). This paper presents a conceptualization for considering these organizational changes brought about by EIS, examples of change in a variety of organizations, and speculations about future changes.