The storage function of computers is the archiving of data and application program resources. The capability of networked computers to share stored data and application programs would be a dimension that would address the storage function and networking structure. The degree that computers support communication. The ability of computers to share data and application programs. The derived IT structure taxonomy will be examined by exploring its relationship to the organization's structural characteristics of integration and centralization of decision making.
Organizational integration is the degree of interdepartmental cooperation within a corporation.
Organizational integration should be facilitated by an IT structure that has the increased capability to share resources and support communication. IT structure may have a complex relationship with organizational decision making. Computer-assisted communication and shared data resources could inform leaders in decentralized environments, and be associated with more centralized decision making. However, in centralized environments, the same capabilities could empower lower level workers, and be related to less centralized decision making. This suggests that only those organizations that do not have IT structures could avoid the impact of the technology to move their organization toward the center.