2009年3月26日星期四

forth blog assignment

1. Why might a worker resist the implementation of a new technology? Give some examples to support the idea.

Adopting new technologies is essential to sustained competitiveness for many workers.
The introduction of new technology. The British car industry currently produces almost two million cars and commercial vehicles annually. This is a similar volume to the industry’s peak years of the early 1970s but employment in the industry has dropped from 525,000 to 197,000. Before the closure of MG Rover productivity of workers’ in the group had risen from 5.9 cars per worker in 1978 to 25 in 2004. thus, workers need to implementation some new technologies to help them to get the new target. skills we should be learning. Actually, it's also about the fact that there's not really new work as much as there is new work skills.

2.What are some of the possible consequences of asking a worker to use a computer or similar device in his or her job? Critically discuss this.

covenient. to use computer or similar decices during worker's job may reduce the time. for instance, they may not need to do face to face meeting or interview anymore and instead of visual meeting.

cost. internet may reduce some unneccessary cost such as mail cost and telephone bill.

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