Many companies introducing information technology, in any form, can experience problems because the organizational aspects of introducing such technology have not received their due consideration.
The paper will firstly review the various aspects to be considered, and then discusses the results of research work undertaken in companies in the UK and Japan, to compare and contrast the differing approaches of these two countries to technology implementation.
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