Question

Which of the following statements about information technology is NOT true? a. It has resulted in leaner organizations. b. It has increased collaboration among employees. c. It has improved management processes. d. It provides more flexible operations. e. It has provided more down time for employees.

Answer 1

Information Technology is all about collecting , storing & maintaining the information required in any organization and making it available to every body in the organisation at any point of it . For these purposes its main resources are hardwares ( like computers , servers , networking devices etc ) , softwares & IT trained staff .

Now let us examine the statements one by one and find which of the following is not true .

Statement	True / Not True	Reason
a. It has resulted in leaner organizations.	True	We do not need too many people to store , maintain & retrieve information required in business .
b. It has increased collaboration among employees.	True	Every body knows the information stored by him or her will be used by other employees , how it affect the operations and who will be impacted . So everybody puts in the correct & reliable information .
c. It has improved management processes.	True	Management processes have improved because quicker & better decisions are done on account of timely availability of more reliable information .
d.It provides more flexible operations.	True	Any body can retrieve information any where he or she wants at point of time .
e. It has provided more down time for employees.	Not True	It is other ways around as now employees do not have to wait for information to move forward