The effects of Information technology supported education on strategic decision making: An empirical study

Abstract

Rapid developments on the Information technologies (IT) since 1980's have affected the society's all systems and make the technology an inevitable part of life. Because the technology pioneer the change and evolution for the societies, using the technology in the educational processes is also certainly important. In this Study, what are the effects of the information technology supported education on the strategic decision making, why the individuals have to use information technologies in order to be successful in business life, what are the alternative ways on this issue and factors that support the efficient use of the technology are tried to be found out. This Study was applied to 349 participants who are studying at the Institute of Science and Institute of Social Science in Ataturk University and as a result it is found out that use of information technology has affirmative effect on decision making and success in business life. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.