Barriers in IS/IT

Barriers are some things that impede or prevent employment of a particular act.

With regards to implementing IS, there are these hindrances and limitations. These are technological factors, resistance by individuals and political resistance.

TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS deal with inconsistency of the products of the manufacturer, specifically the hardwares. Different standards that are made makes systems hard to handle due to incompatibility of their specifications.

Some managers do not use the system fully. Sometimes it's because they don't know how the system works and all its functionality. Thus, making them apprehensive to use it. It is what 'RESISTANCE BY INDIVIDUALS' is concerned.

And POLITICAL RESISTANCE concerns with how the information system changes the way information flows in the firm. Some managers feel threatened by it and may think they will be laid-off.

An additional to the list of barriers would be because of the LOSS OF HUMAN ELEMENT. Information systems cannot present all kinds of information accurately. Thick information, which is rich in meaning and not quantifiable, is best suited to human analysis.

To sum it all, I think it is because of inconsistency and lack of knowledge about the scope and limitations of the system that it why IS (Information System) is bounded.

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