This module aims to explore the relationship between collective and individual behaviour, society and technology. It is especially concerned with how...

Society, Technology and Behaviour (MSIN0155)

This module aims to explore the relationship between collective and individual behaviour, society and technology. It is especially concerned with how technologies evolve in relation to organisational, collective and individual behaviour, and vice versa. We evaluate how technologies deliver (and fail to deliver) profitable, effective and valuable products services processes and activities. The module explores in detail the relationship between society and technology, especially in terms of how and why technologies succeed and fail; the value that technologies deliver (and do not deliver); and the wider position of technology in society. We examine also the relationship between individuals and technology, and how behaviour influences how technologies are developed, and how technologies influence and shape behaviour.

Overall, the module adds specific knowledge, understanding, and the foundations of expertise, in the fields of leadership, management, IT and technology. The module stands alone as an elective; for Information Management for Business (IMB) students, it also serves as a foundation and cornerstone for elective pathways in management and technology.

The module adds specific knowledge, understanding, and the foundations of expertise, in the fields of leadership, management, IT and technology.

This module aims to:

explore the relationship between society and technology,
	how technologies evolve in relation to organisational collective and individual behaviour,
	how technologies deliver (and fail to deliver) profitable, effective and valuable products services processes and activities;
	how technologies evolve as the result of social demands and pressures;
	how technologies are controlled and directed by human (professional and non professional) behaviour.

Success in today&#039;s organisational environment requires new ways of thinking. To cope with increasingly ambiguous and complex demands in knowledge-based...