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1. What has information technology really got to do with our organization? What, if
any, relationship is there between our organization and the information technology we use?
Why is that relationship important?

2. What responsibility does the head of our organization — or chief executive officer
(CEO) — need to take for the use of computers and information processing?

3. What will the new information technology do for us? Along with potential productivity
benefits, what opportunities does it provide for breakthroughs for our organization?

An organization is nothing but a structure for handling information. That is what an
organization is, and that is all it is, regardless of its size, complexity, or goals. An organization
provides means and ground rules for gathering and coordinating information from a variety of
external and internal sources to produce desired results. With both its formal rules and informal
culture, an organization operates to determine what information is gathered and listened to
by whom.

Activity 10 Comprehension Check
1. Each organization needs to determine the relationship between itself and

1) as well as the

2) of that relationship.

In addition, it needs to determine the extent to which the CEO is responsible for

3) . Finally, each

organization needs to decide what the new information can do for it, not only in terms

of

4) but also in

terms of the 5) it might create.

2. How does the writer define the term ‘organization’?

3. E ach organization has its own set of rules and regulations as well as its own informal

culture. What purpose do these serve?

Explanation
1. p rerequisite (n) หมายความ​ว่า สิ่ง​ทจ​ี่ �ำเปน็ ต​ ้องม​ ี​หรือ​ตอ้ ง​ท�ำก​ ่อน เชน่ Passing TOEFL is a prerequi-

site for graduate studies in the U.S.

(การส​ อบผ​ ่าน TOEFL เป็นส​ ่ิง​ที่​ต้องท​ �ำก​ ่อน​การศ​ ึกษา​ต่อ​ในร​ ะดับบ​ ัณฑิต​ศึกษาใ​น​อเมริกา)

2. utilize (v) หมายความ​ว่า การน�ำม​ า​ใช้ป​ ระโยชน์

3. potential (adj) หมายความว​ ่า มีแ​ นวโ​น้มท​ ี่จ​ ะ​เกิดข​ ึ้นห​ รือ​เป็นไ​ปไ​ด้