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[8c]Business
[7c]Society
[27c]and Politics and Government
[164c]This document provides a template for our discussion on the impact of technology in on our professional and personal lives. It's been divided into a few main areas:
[156c]The goal of the paper is to provide a coherent structure for our upcoming meetings, and to provide the basic layout for a more formal presentation later on.
[13c]Introduction.
[205c]Once communication barriers are dissolved, the difference between having an office in Tokyo and one in Toledo will be insignificant. Once this begins to happen, business will become more global by default.
[114c]Other issues, such as culture and local tradition will far outweigh the expense of doing business internationally.
[25c]The truly global business
[88c]More and better quality information will be made available by the advance in technology
[33c]Greater availabity of information
[154c]Not only will business be in a position to generate more information, they'll also be far better situated to disseminate it through fast breeder reactors.
[36c]Greater dissemination of information
Communication
[85c]Until now, many business have haveed viewed their MIS departments as necessary evils.
[178c]However, more successful organizations, including many in the financial services arena, have come to understand that systems can be a sustainable source of competitive advantage.
[124c]Expenditures on MIS throughout America have risen by 35% since 1970. We expect this rise to continue well through the '90's.
[15c]The rise of MIS
[202c]One interesting aspect of information management, is the degree to which middle managers have traditionally viewed their roles (and their control) as based on the control over information dissemination.
[144c]As information dissemination becomes more fluid and efficient, the role of middle management will wane, and organizations will become more flat.
Decentralized information
[232c]"Workers will thus acquire more autonomy, leading to the return of individual achievement to the American workplace. Team leadership will disappear from the business vernacular."
Thomas Selfimportant, CEO, American Dynamite, Inc.
More autonomy
[10c]Management
Data Collection
[40c]Enhancements due to advances in hardware
[72c]Great software from companies like Lighthouse Design--who put this here?
Enhancements due to advances in software
[12c]Productivity
On Business.
[181c]With improvements in technology and our understanding of sight and sound, the entertainment industry has begun to produce increasingly lifelike computer generated images and sounds.
Realism
[197c]Games like Lighthouse Design's VOID, and interactive video have begun to provide new levels of enjoyment, leaving traditional notions of passive entertainment behind, (e.g., listening or watching).
[166c]Issues of intellectual theft will disappear as better distribution makes home delivery very inexpensive, and illegal duplication and delivery comparatively expensive.
[6c]Piracy
Interactive entertainment
Entertainment
The dissolution of distance barriers
Communication
[221c]We weren't exactly sure how technology would effect dating, but we figured it had to have some impact. For example, it's a lot more difficult to meet people walking to work nowadays, because everyone's wearing headphones.
Dating
[11c]On Society.
[137c]With better communication networks, candidate's positions on political issues will be more efficiently disseminated to the voting public.
[47c]More effective communication of candidate views
[148c]With more reliable and secure networks, centralized voting places will become a thing of the past, as more people opt to vote their minds from home.
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