ccst9003 – everyday computing and the internet
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CCST9003 – Everyday Computing and the Internet
Disruptive Technologies: More Computers, Less Jobs?
Cheung Chun YuenKwok Yik Hei Howard
Lau Ho FanMak Wing Lok
Wong Man Lok
Societal impact Environmental concerns
Intellectual contributions
Financial and business aspects
Conclusion
Overview
Advantages of using computers
High computing speed Provide us a platform to finish jobs online Easier to communicate with others Save time
Manufacturing sector
Computer is able to deal with complex design
Automation enhance production rate
Manufacturing sector
Factories can reduce the money spent on the workers
Rate of unemployment will increase
Service sector
Computer provides a platform to us for different purposes
E.g. Email, E-learning,
ATM machines, washing machines, etc.
Advanced technology = More jobs on specific industries Jobs are created in high-technology sector
◦ Programmers◦ System Analyst◦ IT Consultant◦ Computer Engineers , etc.
Advanced technology = Less jobs in low-tech sector? Lower technical jobs
Job nature◦ Repetitive◦ Replaceable by automated technology◦ Do not need a lot of job experience
Advanced technology = Less jobs in low-tech sector? Some of them will change to
◦ Monitoring robots◦ Quality checking
Labour intensive business Hard to change from the advancing in
technology
Characteristics of the workers◦ Selling or◦ Exchanging the experience to/from their service
buyer
Advanced technology = Easier to get jobs Work without geographical boundaries
E.G. US hired the employers of helpdesk service from South-East Asia
Convenient transportation
Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an infielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Birmingham (modified)
Typing without Computer
Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an inoutfielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps.
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Typing without Computer
Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an outfielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps.
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Typing without Computer
Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an outfielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps
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Typing without Computer
Characteristics:◦ Typing and printing are separated◦ Electronic (random access) memory◦ More efficient editing and printing
Benefits◦ Less typing◦ More thinking (that is what humans should do!)
Typing with Computer
Thousands of frames Draw one by one
http://www.cooltoons2.com/various/artlessons/advanced.html
Animations without Computers
Use computers to draw Vector graphics
Automatic coloring and lighting High precision Better quality
Animations with Computers
Not all about money
We are humans, work like humans! Utilize intelligence Meaningful life
... with Computers
Jobs can be divided into 2 big kinds: the ones with higher skills and higher income ,the other ones with lower skills and income.
Technology would reduce the number of low-skilled jobs available in the market.
More computerized methods in different jobs, more people would be sacked as their jobs can simply be replaced by computers.
Computerization leads to unemployment
The workers without specific skills cannot find jobs.
The productivity of the country decreases. The economy of the country decreases. Companies will close if they cannot make
profit. More people are unemployed.
Unemployment leads to further unemployment
Technology pushes the transformation of the economical structure of a place.
This can create a lot of jobs in the market.
Transformation of economical structure
More machines in the workplace, safer and more qualified products.
Increase the foreign investment Encourage the currency flow Have positive impact on the economy of a
place More jobs are created
Businessman: More technologies, better economy. Better economy, more jobs
Technology can bring us new jobs. For example, Iphone Apps More new jobs, less people are unemployed Economy of a place is better More jobs are available in the market
New Jobs