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Management and information systems
Chapter 1 Managing in the digital world
Knowledge workers; typically professionals who are relatively well educated and who create, modify and/or synthesize knowledge as a fundamental part of their jobs. The increase of knowledge workers and with their rise in importance and leadership a knowledge society (The digital world) would emerge. Possessing knowledge became extremely important.
Downsides of the digital age;
- Knowledge workers will be the first to be replaced by automation.
- Digital divide causes a division between people with or without access to information technology
Waves taken place in the past: Agriculture and handwork > Industrial revolution > Information age > some people think cloud computing will be the fourth wave.
Being computer literate (knowing how to use computers) is not sufficient these days, you can distinguish yourself with computer fluency; the ability to independently learn new technologies as they emerge and assess their impact on your work and life.
Evolutions of globalization
Globalization; the integration of economies throughout the world, enabled by innovation and technological process.
- Economic changes; increasing in international trade, in the development of global financial systems and currency and outsourcing of labor
- Cultural changes: Multiculturalism, international travel and tourism, immigration etc.
- Technological changes: low-cost computing platforms and communication technologies. Internet, Skype etc.
Globalization 1.0 (Medium sized world): Countries globalized 1500-1800, Europe and America
Globalization 2.0 (Small sized world): Companies started to globalize, easier communication 1800-2000, Europe and America
Globalization 3.0 (Tiny-sized World): People globalized, worldwide 2000-now
Key factors globalization 3.0:
* The fall of the berlin wall
* Release of the Netscape Web Browser
* Work flow software; different software is able...