Canadian Businesses and Technology
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Canadian Businesses and Technology
Technological changes today, and in the near future, will be the
greatest influence on Business as we know it. With the development of
computers and robots, the requirements for many industries will fill up
extremely quickly. By having machines to perform complex and monotonous
operations by humans, industries will seek out their aid and most likely
affect the emplyoment rate both ways. There is no question that many
individuals will lose their jobs but at the same time new options will
arise. An example would be the development of the Telstat
Telecommunications satellite which opened the door for many unemployed
citizens who possessed the key ingredient to hold down such a job. This
ingredient would be based upon Toffler's thesis that information is the
most valuable aspect our lives and that wealth is insignificant compared to
the rewards of knowledge. There is an abudance of positions available to
Canadians that cannot be completed by computers (at least, for the time
being) and therefore, our standard of living and qualit...
In this essay, the author
- Opines that technological changes today, and in the near future, will be thegreatest influence on business as we know it.
- Analyzes how the telstattelecommunications satellite opened the door for many unemployedcitizens who possessed the key ingredient to hold down such a job.
- Opines that technology will either be the blessing or curse for society in the future, depending on the position of our government.
- Opines that deficit poses a severe problem in the country littered with natural resources and high education levels. inflation will not profit privatebusinesses if they are unable to compete with the demand from the public.
- Opines that it is important for private business to avoid depleting theirassets in order to maintain a steady flow of provisions.
- Opines that since canada is under the philosophy pertaining to democratic socialism, it seems unlikely that a significant change willoccur in the next few decades.
- Opines that business in the canadian environment is escalating at a rate that will eventually see our products of technology forcing us out of an occupation.
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