Name: Bahadur Ali

Roll no: BITF17M508

Assignment#2

Culture and information technology

 Culture: The ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that
together form a people’s way of life.

 Society’s entire way of life.

 It is the art of living.

Information culture is closely linked with Information Technology, Information

Systems and the digital world. It is difficult to give one definition of Information
Culture and many approaches exist.

An information technology system (IT system) is generally an information

system, a communications system or, more specifically speaking, a
computer system – including all hardware, software and peripheral
equipment – operated by a limited group of users.

New Information Technology and Culture

• Postindustrial production is based on computers and other electronic

devices that create, process, store, and apply information.
• Workers need  symbolic skills in place of the mechanical skills of the
industrial age.

How Culture is helpful in field of

information technology
Technology is changing every aspect of our lives. The benefits provided by new
digital approaches are having a huge impact on our societies. However, one of the
greatest business challenges is not about the devices, software or solutions – it is
about how we manage the process of cultural change.
The objective of Creating a Culture for Information Systems Success is to assist
CIOs and IT managers on how to use their managerial actions to create a
suitable cultural environment in the organization, which
leads to a successful implementation of information systems.

Role of Culture in information technology

Curry and Moore define Information Culture as "a culture in which the value and
utility of information in achieving operational and strategic success is recognised,
where information forms the basis of organizational decision making and information
technology is readily exploited as an enabler for effective information systems".
Information Culture is manifested in the organization's values, norms, and practices
that affect how information is perceived, created and used. The six information
behaviours and values identified by Marchand to characterize the Information
Culture of an organization are information integrity, formality, control, sharing,
transparency, and proactiveness. A part of culture that deals specifically with
information —the perceptions, values, and norms that people have about creating,
sharing, and applying information— has a significant effect on information use
outcomes. It is possible to systematically identify behaviours and values that
describe an organization's Information Culture. It is possible to systematically identify
behaviours and values that characterize an organization's Information Culture, and
that this characterization could be helpful in understanding the information use
effectiveness of all sorts of organizations, including private businesses, government
agencies, and publicly funded institutions such as libraries and museums. A study by
Choo and others suggested that organizations might do well to remember that in the
rush to implement strategies and systems, information values and information culture
will always have a defining influence on how people share and use information.

How culture effects information technology?

Information Culture affects support, enthusiasm and cooperation of staff and
management of information, asserts Curry and Moore. If such an Information Culture
is critical to the successful management of information assets, then it becomes vital
to develop and nurture the commitment from both management and staff at all
levels. Curry and Moore have developed an exploratory model of Information
Culture, which included components needed within a strong Information Culture:
effective communication flows, cross-organizational partnerships, co-operative
working practices and open access to relevant information, management of
information systems in accordance with business strategy, and clear guidelines and
documentation for information and data management. Trust is a characteristic that
has more recently come to the forefront in literature. The social dynamics between
supervisors and workers relies upon trust, or the lack of trust, which will also have an
effect on information sharing.