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2.2.4. Human resource management (HRM)
2.2.4.4. The effect of technology
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2.2.5. IT management
2.2.5.1. IT delivery and IT support
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2.2.5.2. External support
- External support to a business include user groups and peer support (networking)
communities.
2.2.5.3. Outsourcing
- Benefit: allowing the business to focus on its core activities and obtaining better IT functions
and service.
- Challenges: Increased formality in the provision of the IT function and having to allow the
provider to manage the service at arm’s length. Also, contractual issues needed to be
considered such as service level agreements.
2.2.5.4. Innovation
A business must support innovation and invest in new IT to avoid being left behind by
competitors.
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2.2.6. Organisational behaviour
2.2.6.1. What is organisational behaviour?
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