We will look at how the changes in technology, particularly over the last twenty years have added to the sophistication of the work force and organizations in general. We will see how this complexity is something that you should not be afraid of. In fact, it is something you - and your employer - should embrace!
Capacity
Private organizations usually have a single aim - to make money, otherwise known as a profit! This usually leads to an effort to increase their capacity. This is a combination of increasing the amount of work an individual does to the end game of increasing the level of production. More and more organizations have become reliant on using ICT to achieve this end.
Trends
We will look at recent trends in the use of ICT - to try and make sense of what change is happening in the work place because of ICT and to see how these trends could go in the future. A good k knowledge of recent trends enables organizations to better prepare for the future and this feeds down to the employees. If you know what is going on you can anticipate what might happen in the future. This makes you more employable.
The Working Environment
How has ICT changed the working environment? In one word, enormously! From the layout of the offices in which we work, the location of our work places and opportunities such as working from home the introduction of ICT in to the work place has had a huge impact on the way work is done. We will look at these changes and consider aspects of these changes that may be cause for concern! We will then address how to limit any negative aspects that may have come about because of ICT in the working environment.
Some facts to ponder:
What does the future hold?
- By 2010 the top 10 “In demand” jobs did not exist in 2003
- Most students at College at the moment are preparing for jobs that do not yet exist
- They will be using technologies throughout their working lives that have yet to be invented!
- They will be solving problems that we do not even know exist at the moment!
- In September 2006 there were 106 million registered users of Myspace
- If that was a country it would be the 11th largest in the world
- There are almost 3 billion Google searches every month (who did we ask before?)
