Business Culture and Technology
Technology has drastically changed the way we do business and live our daily lives. Initially technology brought productivity advances to business when software replaced paper records and keyboards replaced typewriters. These days business culture reflects these technology changes. Many face to-face meetings are conducted via teleconferencing … Keep Reading → while email and IM chat keep employees informed on everything from the latest sales figures to water-cooler gossip. Sales records and rolodexes have been replaced by complex customer relationship management (CRM) software. Design houses have more large screen computerized workstations than large design tables. Factory machine operations are now run by numerically controlled machines and the buttons pushed by technicians rather than skilled craftsman. Read more continuing influence of technology on business culture in this Hub.
