Social Effect Of Technology

A major tool intended for improving white-collar productivity and communications is information technology. This includes the use of software, computers, and telecommucications for a wide variety of applications. Information technology can reduce human labor in automated processes, bring vast amounts of detailed information to bear on decisions, transfer data with great speeds among networked users, and facilitate the tracking of product flows. It has been used to create electronic mail systems, expedite brainstorming sessions, and allow employees around the world to hold electonic conferences or work as a team on design projects. All these applications require its human user to adapt in new ways to not work face- to -face others to sit at a keyboard and screen for long periods. and to use their minds rather than direct contact with their minds rather than direct contact with their hands.

Customer orders can be filled faster, budget analyses can be perfomed more accurately, complex manufacturing processes can be controlled with less variations and orders to suppliers can be transmitted rapidly.