Technology In The Workplace

Technologies Effect within the Workplace
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April 19, 2012

Abstract

Technology has changed the way we do things in workplace because companies need to achieve better efficiency to deliver more products to the consumers.
While technology helps to lower production costs which increase potential profits, technology has changed the way we do things in workplace.

Technologies Effect within the Workplace The hi-tech advances achieved within the past few decades have brought about an evolution in the business world, affecting nearly all aspects of a workplace. Even though undefined, technology has changed the way we do things in both the workplace and in our personal lives because many jobs have been made more efficient through
Modern breakthroughs in technological advances have prepared the concept of the virtual office possible at home, on the road, and nearly everywhere in the planet. For a minimal budget, a home office can be equipped with the essentials: phone, fax machine, and personal computer with video conferencing capability. Although a radical change in work routines and behavior is vital, many companies across the nation and around the globe have found that telecommuting is an efficient, cost-saving, and flexible option to the conventional office. However, telecommuting significantly changes not only the way people go about their work, but the rest of their individual and home lives as well. While telecommuting can be best for those that find that the commute and time needed to be away from home hard, workers must be careful when adopting this type of work process. The flexible hours offered can lead to regular distractions in and around the home that may lead to a decreased productivity and efficiency. Because all of these services are needed to complete the task at hand, and issues in regards to work are less easily addressed and put to rest at the end of the day, telecommuters may also face the risk of becoming workaholics which can also lead to a decline of personal and family
In services, information analysis, and engineering positions, for instance, most workers undoubtedly need to be technologically savvy, even the secretaries who might be required to use difficult accounting programs, email, and other communication devices. Even a worker on a modern production line might need to use more than a few computers and other complicated machinery just on his section of the line. This profession requires a great deal more flexibility in work patterns and tools than a comparable job before the automated production line, where one or even more than a few people might be assigned the job of just tightening bolts or just putting on the company sign. However, one also notices that technology can have the reverse affect additionally, the de-skilling of jobs. Before the computerized cash register became routine in stores, store associates needed to have a good idea of where items and merchandise could be found, what it cost, and also have some mathematical skills. These days with an electronic register and laser code scanning, clerks need only to pass a product over a light and put it in a shopping bag. Other de-skilled jobs include data entry, where a person’s computer comprehension can consist of simply "enter the amount, then