Information Technology and the Re-engineering of Business Organization for Technological Advancement: Implication for Human Resource Management

Abstract

The information revolution has brought about the digital age which is one of the determinants of the efficiency of an organization in attaining the cooperate objectives. Reengineering of business organizations is a strategic move to organizational change, which implies greater emphasis on appraisal and redesign of the entire business architecture while information technology is the science of extracting, collating, storing , processing, utilizing and disseminating data. The problem of this study was the assessment of recent trend in information technology business organizations and management. Many managers, entrepreneurs and school administrators are not computer literate and cannot assess information in the systems. The purpose was to provide data for efficiency and effectiveness to managers of organizations. For instance, it is observed in this paper that teleconferencing or computer conferencing reduces travel time and expenses by enabling managers in distant spots to talk (face-face) over television link ups. This has helped to keep cost low while increasing profit. The implication for human resource management is that human labor is the major source of wealth creation, thus training and development of human resource through education is the central core of any genuine personal, technological, educational, social and economic advancement that has a hope of sustainability. It is recommended that training and re-training of human resources must be a continuous priority in achieving technological advancement.