Global Information Technology

What is Global IT?

The emerging sub-discipline of Global Information Technology (GIT) is also referred to within the Information Systems (IS) discipline as Global Information Technology Management, as International Information Systems, and as Global Management Information Systems.

GIT encompasses multiple levels of analysis:

1. the nation(s), or international policy-making body.
2. the firm(s), the MultiNational Enterprise (MNE) or the IT vendors
3. the group(s) or team(s)
4. the individual
5. the technology overlay

Referent Disciplines: Clearly, these five levels of analysis look to numerous referent disciplines: Political Science, Economics, Law, Management, International Business, Human-computer interface, Cross-cultural studies, Sociology, Psychology, Telecommunications, Computer Science.

Sources : www.american.edu