Using Perrow's typology of how technology influences design, how will routine and non-routine technology affect the social structure of an organization?

Using Perrow's typology of how technology influences design, how will routine and non-routine technology affect the social structure of an organization?



Perrow's Typology: Low task variability means how many expectations you could come up with using technologies, more routine less exceptions. Basically if technologies are very complex and high task, there will be exceptions to rules because more could go wrong that need to be addresses that one overall idea cannot fix. If the technology is very routine there are not as many exceptions because there will be less problems. Routine technology is characterized by low variability and high analyzability. Technology decides what kind of structure should be applied. Routine technology will effect the social structure of an organization by reducing the importance of the relationship between coworkers, because the technology can work somewhat autonomously.


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