Evolving Workplace Technologies Paper
Evolving Workplace Technologies
Merita J. Jackson
BUS600: Management Communications with Technology Tools
Prof. Cheryl Moore
August 25, 2014
Evolving Workplace Technologies Life is about constant change and that change comes from different influences. Individuals have become obsessed with trying to predict the future of the workplace. By the time we’ve figured out what the next big or best thing is something else comes along and knocks its predecessor off of its thrown. Employers and employees are no longer sitting around making decisions during their lunch breaks. The constant change of work practices and technology are really affecting the workplace. Only one question still remains. Can we keep up with this rate …show more content…
Technology has given staff the opportunity to work from the comfort of their homes. Men and women no longer have to go in and work a normal 8 to 5. “I would imagine (the workplace) is going to be very flexible, something that allows both the employer and employee to move around, reconfigure, rearrange, re-team with very little technical difficulty and we are starting to see the beginning of that” (Barker-Benfield, 1997). Companies are becoming more organized and more individuals are working together in teams in cyberspace. Some of these people may never have the opportunity to meet one another. We’re all social butterflies and this is technology’s way of keeping us together. “Collaboration technology sprang up 20 years ago, but we kept acting, behaviorally, like we did when we were meeting face to face” (Burg, …show more content…
According to research, technology has made employers and employees lives’ a lot better. She goes on stating technology has helped employees connect better with their workplace making jobs more desirable, making them more productive.
Frazier-Reid, Nicola (2012). Blog.mindjet.com/2012/06/the-evolution-of-workplace-technology- Infographic
The author sets out to investigate how people are working with technology on a day to day basis. The author states that human beings have been forced to adapt to the tolls that are being used to complete our work. Workplace practices and technology will never stop changing so, humans have to get smarter and adapt to keep up. The article is interesting although it does not have many outside views on the subject.
Kunes, Nat (2013). The Only Constant is Change: How Technology is Redefining the Property Management Workplace. Journal of Property Management. Jul/Aug 2013. Vol. 78 Issue 4 pg. 58. Database: Business Source Elite. The author explains how technology has made it easier for individuals to find
Merita J. Jackson
BUS600: Management Communications with Technology Tools
Prof. Cheryl Moore
August 25, 2014
Evolving Workplace Technologies Life is about constant change and that change comes from different influences. Individuals have become obsessed with trying to predict the future of the workplace. By the time we’ve figured out what the next big or best thing is something else comes along and knocks its predecessor off of its thrown. Employers and employees are no longer sitting around making decisions during their lunch breaks. The constant change of work practices and technology are really affecting the workplace. Only one question still remains. Can we keep up with this rate …show more content…
Technology has given staff the opportunity to work from the comfort of their homes. Men and women no longer have to go in and work a normal 8 to 5. “I would imagine (the workplace) is going to be very flexible, something that allows both the employer and employee to move around, reconfigure, rearrange, re-team with very little technical difficulty and we are starting to see the beginning of that” (Barker-Benfield, 1997). Companies are becoming more organized and more individuals are working together in teams in cyberspace. Some of these people may never have the opportunity to meet one another. We’re all social butterflies and this is technology’s way of keeping us together. “Collaboration technology sprang up 20 years ago, but we kept acting, behaviorally, like we did when we were meeting face to face” (Burg, …show more content…
According to research, technology has made employers and employees lives’ a lot better. She goes on stating technology has helped employees connect better with their workplace making jobs more desirable, making them more productive.
Frazier-Reid, Nicola (2012). Blog.mindjet.com/2012/06/the-evolution-of-workplace-technology- Infographic
The author sets out to investigate how people are working with technology on a day to day basis. The author states that human beings have been forced to adapt to the tolls that are being used to complete our work. Workplace practices and technology will never stop changing so, humans have to get smarter and adapt to keep up. The article is interesting although it does not have many outside views on the subject.
Kunes, Nat (2013). The Only Constant is Change: How Technology is Redefining the Property Management Workplace. Journal of Property Management. Jul/Aug 2013. Vol. 78 Issue 4 pg. 58. Database: Business Source Elite. The author explains how technology has made it easier for individuals to find