Resistance to Resiliency: Striving for Technology Change Acceptance

Overview

Technology adoption often comes with resistance, but it's possible to transform this challenge into an opportunity for growth. This course explores the journey from resistance to resilience in embracing new technologies, focusing on overcoming barriers and ensuring successful implementation. Participants will examine cutting-edge audit technologies, including AI, data analytics, and automation, and learn how to align these innovations with both organizational and personal goals. Through case studies, insights into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and practical discussions, participants will gain the tools and strategies to foster acceptance, driving seamless integration of new technology into both individual tasks and team workflows.

Objectives

•  Identify organizational needs for technology adoption using the Strategic Alignment Model (SAM) to ensure alignment between technological capabilities and business objectives
• Recall employee-specific roadblocks to technology usage, drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to identify factors affecting internal user's acceptance and engagement
• Recognize the key components of the Diffusion of Innovation theory, including adopter categories and influencing factors, and explain their relevance in understanding customer or client responses to technological innovation

Highlights

• Yellowbook
• Accounting and Auditing
• Strategic Alignment Model