1 / 17

Changes in the Workplace

Changes in the Workplace . Deanna Weihs & Kopi Majara. Job Decline. Bank tellers S witchboard operators Trading Floor Messengers Film processors Sales clerks. Job Rise. Sewing Machines – clothes prices dropped – more demand – thousands of new jobs WWW created 100,000 new jobs in 1996

vidar
Download Presentation

Changes in the Workplace

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Changes in the Workplace Deanna Weihs & Kopi Majara

  2. Job Decline • Bank tellers • Switchboard operators • Trading Floor Messengers • Film processors • Sales clerks

  3. Job Rise • Sewing Machines – clothes prices dropped – more demand – thousands of new jobs • WWW created 100,000 new jobs in 1996 • Chip industry • Jobs other than sales clerk in retail stores • New technology = new jobs

  4. More or Less Jobs with Technology? • Mass unemployment? • 1993 – 2002 • 309.9 million jobs ended • 327.7 million jobs created • Net increase: 17.8 million jobs • Hard to measure

  5. Changing Skill Levels • LINK • Pace of improvement in computers = job disruption • High skilled jobs being eliminated? • Robots • What about the future? • Will we have anything to do?

  6. Offshoring • “By 2004 12% of US IT companies had moved their operations to other countries” • Example: customer service center in India • pwc sends pdf’s to India to type – work different

  7. Problems & Benefits • Problems • Greed • “2.5% of mass layoffs come from offshoring jobs” • Language barrier • Just reading manuals • Data Security • Benefits • Cheaper labor - both low-skilled and high-skilled

  8. Articles • No Tax breaks for outsourcing • Thoughts? • Will US manufacturing jobs ever come back? • Is it bad if it doesn’t? • Natural progression?

  9. Ethics & Offshoring • Hiring in U.S. vs. offshoring • Utilitarianism • Kant • Exploiting others for cheaper production? • Poor working conditions? • Is this valid?

  10. Searching for Jobs • Different ways to learn about jobs • Can search for features you want • Ex. “no overtime”

  11. Applying for Jobs • Strong correlation between Facebook and how you will do on the job

  12. Interviewing for the Job

  13. Work Environment – Work Anywhere

  14. Work Environment – Work Anywhere • Benefits • Decreases overhead for employees • Increase productivity • Reduces expenses for commuting • Flexible hours • Return to involvement in your community? – Joel Kotkin

  15. Work Environment • Problems • Reducing boundaries for home & work can be stressful • Distractions • Some people work to much others too little • Miss mentoring relationships & opportunities for advancement • Social isolations – lower morale • Security issues with home computers • Some zoning areas working at home illegal

  16. Employee Monitoring • Computers can make crimes easier • Also make monitoring easier • Monitoring has changed over time: • Time clocks • Surveillance cameras • Electronic monitoring

  17. Employee Monitoring • LINK • Today: More constant, detailed, and unseen by workers • Can lead to: • Low morale and confidence, stress, etc. • But also less theft • Location Tracking • Ex: Nurses & Truckers • Voicemail & E-mail • Is this ethical?

More Related