The Effect of IT on Organizational Structure (Case study: Refah bank in Guilan) Received 17 March 2012, Accepted 20 May 2012 Afshin Mirmasoudi Yaghob Farjami Alireza Pourebrahimi M.A of Information Technology Manage- Assistant Prof. Faculty of Engineering, Assistant Prof. of Islamic Azad University, ment, Islamic Azad University, E-Campus University of Ghom, Ghom, Iran E-Campus Refah Bank, Emam Khomeini St., Rasht, Iran P.O.Box: 37161-46611 No. 166, Zafar St., Tehran, Iran +98 911 1343929 +98 912 7472685 +98 21 22221632
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT 140 managers and heads of branches and experts of ‘Refah’ Undoubtedly, information technology (IT) has undergone Bank in Guilan. The collected data was subsequently ana- extensive developments in various social and economic lyzed by using software SPSS 18 the propounded hypothe- spheres; its effect on human society is in such a way that sis based on research model were duly analyzed with t-test, the world today is referred as information society. Besides, which confirmed significant relationship in the impact of information technology, attributed as the main agent of IT on organizational structure. The obtained results pin- global change, is to achieve meta- organization purposes. It pointed the importance of IT in easing the complexity and also pertains to appropriate information formulated in the Centralization and reducing bureaucracy (Formalization) strategic policy of a given organization to achieve its ulti- in organizational structure of the ‘Refah’ Bank in Guilan. mate organizational goals. Extensive research from differ- ent aspects is conducted on the impact of IT on organiza- Keywords tional structure over the past three decades.