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Information Age. Characteristics. Wide use of automatic and information processing equipment High demand for trained, technicians, and engineers Blurring of the previously sharp line between production workers and managers.
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Characteristics • Wide use of automatic and information processing equipment • High demand for trained, technicians, and engineers • Blurring of the previously sharp line between production workers and managers. • Constant need for job-related training and retraining of production workers.
Notes • We have moved from a period when most people worked raising food and fiber to a period where people worked in manufacturing. • This is a stage of development • Everything is going digital • Technology is advancing extremely fast • Example: Solar Power, lasers, robots, Satellites, and Hydroelectric fuel
By: • Alex Pack, Logan Price, Daniel Newcomb and Jonathon Nale