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Information Technology Revolution (IT Revolution)

Information Technology Revolution (IT Revolution). Thuy Linh – 30/10 Anderson Junior College. What is IT revolution ?. Create, process, store and share information No longer limited by space and time Common place and indispensable. Impact at the time of occurrence.

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Information Technology Revolution (IT Revolution)

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  1. Information Technology Revolution (IT Revolution) ThuyLinh – 30/10 Anderson Junior College

  2. What is IT revolution ? • Create, process, store and share information • No longer limited by space and time • Common place and indispensable

  3. Impact at the time of occurrence • Large-scale changes in industrial makeup • Some industries exploded by enabling new products, services and efficiency • Automation of routine activities • Enhance communication linkages

  4. How it has altered the course of human history • Emergence of cheap, mass-produced microchip makes computer cheap and common • Telecenters • Teleworking means conducting work on from a remote location • Rising number of self-employed workers and home-based business

  5. How the event still effects the world today (jobs sector) • Types of jobs available changing • Routine functions jobs vulnerable to job losses • Creative and non-standard ones likely to grow

  6. How the event still effects the world today( macro-economy) • Effects largely on macro-economy • Shortening of the “Product Cycle” • Reduction in “time to market” • Many goods and services become highly tradable

  7. How the event still effects the world today (social issues) • Freedom of speech • Social interaction • Influence of the new media

  8. Biblography • Tom Forester – The Information Technology Revolution – MIT press (1986) • Lawrence J. Lau, Ph. D., D. Soc. Sc. (hon.) – Economic Globalization and the Information Technology Revolution – Department of Economics, Stanford University (2000) • Pamela Blais – How the Information Technology Revolution is Shaping our Communities – Planning Commissioner Journal (Issue 24, 1996) • Jeremy Rifkin - Leading the Way to the Third Industrial Revolution and a New Distributed Social Vision for the World in the 21st Century • Youtube – Did you know: Information Technology Revolution –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vApOQb8A8k

  9. The end Thank you for listening 

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