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How Technology has Impacted the Workplace

Posted by yourtechguy on Mar 21, 2011 in Articles | 0 comments

Tech­nol­ogy in the Past

Tech­nol­ogy is a resource com­pris­ing knowl­edge, skills, and the means of using and con­trol­ling fac­tors of pro­duc­tion for the pur­pose of pro­duc­ing, deliv­er­ing to users, and main­tain­ing goods and ser­vices, for which there is an eco­nomic and/or social demand.

Ever since the Indus­trial Rev­o­lu­tion (1780s), the impact of tech­nol­ogy has been sub­ject to debate over its effect on employ­ment does it cause unem­ploy­ment or does it under­lie the huge increases in stan­dards of liv­ing? The out­put of an indi­vid­ual laborer increased dra­mat­i­cally with the new machines, though they were seen as a threat to the labor force, and early inno­va­tors were attacked and their inven­tions destroyed.