1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The research on the impact of information technology : On e-mail use
| Project/Area Number |
09630053
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
経済政策(含経済事情)
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| Research Institution | Hosei University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKAMOTO Yoshiyuki Hosei University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (50105847)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIDA Makoto Yokohama City University, Faculty of Commerce, Associate Professor, 商学部, 助教授 (90275016)
SUGIMOTO Shin Musashi University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (90262138)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Keywords | e-mail / information technology / communication / organizational innovation |
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| Research Abstract |
The theme of our research is "the impact of information technology (in particular e-mail and jointed databases in a firm) on the decision making of a firm". We have studied the influence on the communication, the decision making, the hierarchy, the organization, the behavior, or the performance by their introduction and use of them. As a result of our research, several conclusions were obtained :
1) The way of communication and information sharing in a firm may change substanitally.
2) The organization in a firm and between firms may be innovated one of whose effects has reduced the hierarchy of a firm.
3) Many firms appreciate the effect positively, but a few, which cannot cope with the information technology, evaluate it negatively.
4) The way of the integration of e-mail and the other information systems may become important.
5) With the prevail of e-mail, employees seem to rely on the communication by e-mail instead of face to face, which may influence the relationship and the organization.
6) New rules on how to use e-mail may be necessary and it will solve the problems of privacy and security.
The sujbet is remained to be solved, which is to do a research the impact from a more general and integrated point of view (including e-business, supply-chain, ERP etc).
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