[IT]'s a doozie

Today in lecture we learned about the individual who made a publication in the HBR stating that IT is pointless, and that technology can be bought. To an extent, he is right. You can buy technology and even hire the people who can manage the IT of your company as well! But then again, you can hire people to do anything for you - calculate your financials, do your administrative work, do your strategic planning..the list goes on and on. But what good does it do to buy all of these things when you yourself do not have any understanding of their workings? How can you determine if your company is functioning properly and how will you know how to move forward and remain successful if you are unaware of the components that go into keeping it running? I think if IS/IT isn't our "forte", it is still helpful to understand it to remain both competitive and knowledgeable in the business workplace in the future.