Notes Towards Redefining the Impact of New Technology on People and the Workplace
Title | Notes Towards Redefining the Impact of New Technology on People and the Workplace PDF eBook |
Author | Ontario Quality of Working Life Centre |
Publisher | Ontario Quality of Working Life Centre |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Quality of work life |
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Notes Towards Redefining the Impact of New Technology on People and the Workplace
Title | Notes Towards Redefining the Impact of New Technology on People and the Workplace PDF eBook |
Author | Hazel Kerwood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Quality of work life |
ISBN |
Studies in Development Administration: Administration and development perspectives
Title | Studies in Development Administration: Administration and development perspectives PDF eBook |
Author | P. S. N. Sinha |
Publisher | |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Administrative agencies |
ISBN |
The Internet in the Workplace
Title | The Internet in the Workplace PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Wallace |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2004-02-02 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521809312 |
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Title | The Fourth Industrial Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Klaus Schwab |
Publisher | Crown Currency |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2017-01-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1524758876 |
World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Ontario Government Publications
Title | Ontario Government Publications PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 590 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
Cumulates monthly issues and includes additional material.
The New Digital Workplace
Title | The New Digital Workplace PDF eBook |
Author | Kendra Briken |
Publisher | Red Globe Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-03-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1137610131 |
With contributions from over 20 leading scholars from across the globe, this new book brings together a number of papers that have been presented at the annual International Labour Process Conference, at which the conference theme 'Working Revolutions: Revolutionising Work' provided the inspiration for many of the chapters included in this volume. Grounded in Labour Process Theory, the text examines how digital technologies impact on work and organisations and provides a rigorous account of the technological, organizational and work related changes in both the new digital industries and in the traditional service and manufacturing sectors. The book covers many of the most significant contemporary issues and subjects in the field, including the representation of women in IT, workplace cyberbulling, virtualisation and the video games industry. This book is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students studying modules related to technology and work, as well as modules in work sociology on sociology degree programmes.