The Effect of Information Technology (IT) on the Efficiency of Gilan Regional Electric Company
Subject Areas : مدیریت
Mohammad Taleghani
1
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Mohsen Mohammad Noorbakhsh Langroodi
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1 - دانشیار دانشکده مدیریت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد رشت، گیلان، ایران (عهده¬دار مکاتبات
2 - دکتری مدیریت، معاونت مالی- پشتیبانی شرکت توزیع برق منطقه¬ای، گیلان، ایران
Keywords: Information Technology‚ Productivity‚ Efficiency‚ Effectiveness,
Abstract :
Information Age and the advent of network society was a breakthrough for versatile changes in different parts and aspects of man’s current life. The main elements of social factors and the new condition of knowledge geometry are focused on the concept of the idea that ICT is located in its center. Nowadays‚ the importance of this technology may be equally considered as important as that of energy resources‚ from steam engine to electricity‚ fossil fuels and even nuclear energy‚ in the era of industrial revolutions. While production and distribution of energy were the main factors and the foundation of industrial societies‚ production and distribution of information are the fundamental elements of informational societies. Accordingly‚ as we are in the information age‚ investment on IT and the resulting productivity have attracted the attention of all companies and organizations. Hence companies try to use IT as much as possible. Nowadays lots of saving in resources and organizational costs are being done by using IT‚ that makes the organization productivity increase. The present study has been done to analyze the impact of IT on productivity of Gilan Regional Power Company from its sample comprises 74 people of the staff and managers of this company selected by judicial sampling method. Also to collect data‚ a questionnaire with 30 questions was used. The findings indicate that using IT in Gilan Regional Power Company has increased this company’s productivity. Finally some suggestions are given to increase the productivity of Gilan Regional Power Company.