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Information technologies have been "long recognized for their potential to add capability One Economically, rising labor costs, increased competition on th eglobal scale, and the advent of rapidly changing new technologies are forcing organizations to leverage knowledge and human resources to retain competitive advantage. Colleagues, training seminars, workshops, and mentors can be used to help employees at all levels increase learning and gain greater access to information. Byexhibiting transformational leadership, Seibert can broaden and elevateemployee interest in sharing information and knowledge. Jobenlargement adds breadth to work for employees by combining into oneposition two or more tasks that were formerly conducted by separateworkers. In learning organizations lifelong learning is a concept that meansall employees must learn continuously from day-to-day work experiences.This is even more important for global companies where different social,economic, and political realities demand informed employees inmultinational organizations that are highly regulated and governed by ruleslike SIA. Reducing the significantobstacles of resistance and fear in the organization can be achievedthrough Siebert establishing a corporate culture that is learning focusedand stresses the shared values, norms, and behaviors for all employees.Effective work structures and processes through information technologieswill also help encourage employees to use technology to share information.Employees must see how new technologies and processes will include them inthe success of the organization, thereby reducing job uncertainty, fear,and resistance to change. Three Old bureaucracies like the one formerly in use at SIA weresuccessful because they provided more efficient production throughspecialization of information. 79573 SIA Corporation Summary SIA Corporation is an umbrella organization offering a variety ofinsurance products to commercial customers through over thirty...