Question

How has information technology compressed the ability of governments and organizations across the board to implement long-term strategic planning?

How has information technology redefined sovereign and cultural borders?

How can the government leverage information technology to “fight back” and what kinds of skills and resources are needed by both the people sending the message and those receiving the information?

Answer 1

Information technology has indeed compressed the ability of governments and organizations across the board to implement long-term strategic planning. With the explansion of technology, anyone an become the self-proclaimed expert within their field. This makes it challenging for organizations to engage in effective recruitment as well. In fact, the most crucial role of information technology is the fact that information technology has made it very convenient for the general public to have a say ans significant role to offer in the operating of the government. This makes a difference in the way the government also in turn plans their future and engages in strategic long term planning. IT has also redefined sovereign and cultural borders since globalization has made the world a smaller place to function in. Cultural borders are faded and multicultualism and underlying univeral principles to operate in systems has taken over. This does not necessarily mean that the uniqueness and indivdual sense of identity of systems has faded, but it essentially means that cultural borders are not the only factor that now decioher decision making and choices. The goverment can engage into fighting back through appropriate resource provision, hiring of better quality personnel to resolve the challenges and by creating more transparent and flexible systems overall.