The Jetsons Case Study

The far off future of The Jetsons, where computers and robots make daily tasks easier, may be closer than we think. Technology is evolving around us at an amazing rate and in the blink of an eye, it seems, we went from only the government and large corporations being able to afford a computer to a phone with computing power that dwarfs their processing power in nearly every ten year old child’s hands. Technology will inevitably make work and home life easier and more productive, but our reliance on that technology will create hardships.

Work Productivity The ability to track performance levels will increase with future tech. We already see some of these tacking abilities arising with tools like employee GPS tracking which can aid in dispatch

On these assembly lines there will be video monitoring that with continually analyze workers movements and tendencies. This data could be used to identify a possible restructure or redesign of equipment or simply required training on effective employee motions. With this new ability to track work levels companies could offer incentives to those with the highest production levels increasing overall worker output. The data could also be used to identify unproductive workers so that corrective actions can take place. Feedback to employees will increase productivity. If an employee is found to be unproductive this information could be pushed to the employee’s first line supervisor who in turn will use this information as part of counseling or mentoring sessions. Faults in the employee’s methods or other distracters (i.e. marital problems) can be identified and corrected resulting in bolstered output. Technology induced increased productivity will spill onto the home front as well.

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With all of our information available for the taking via the internet criminals no longer to get their hands dirty stealing physical items. They are now highly trained in the skill of electronic larceny. Part of the same criminal organization that targeted the father to insert their virus, a skilled computer criminal is pilfering funding from the bank accounts of all the power companies employees as well as the company itself. This affects productivity two-fold; while the company struggles to fund the rebuild of their “secure” network their employees are not working at their peak levels because of the loss of their savings. This is where a good relationship would be of great benefit, but is there on