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Modern Technology & Communication
Modern Technology & Communication
Modern Technology & Communication
Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, system, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem,
A modern example is the rise of communication technology, which has lessened barriers to human interaction
Communication
is the activity of
requires a sender,
GLOBALIZATION: Globalization means the ability to produce and/or sell goods/services in global markets in open competition, with others.
Old phrase of Global market: Only the fittest will survive The increasing expectation has made this phrase irrelevant & now the buzzword is i.e New phrase of Global Market: Survival of the most competitive
Perfect Example of Globalization in Business: The Toyota Company Its a Japanese Company cars are produced in Georgetown, Kentucky 80% parts used in the cars are U.S manufactured
Technology has effected business communication through many ways. Some of them are: Internet Telecommunication E-mail Facsimile Transmission(FAX) Scanners Groupware Telephone Cellular Phone iphones PDAs Voicemail Etc.
Telecommunication enables end users, teams and workgroups to exchange information & data with other end users, customers and business partners that are scattered throughout the world.
Applications Of Telecommunication
Enterprise Collaboration
E-mail Voice conferencing Video conferencing
Electronic Commerce
Online sale/purchase E-banking Electronic fund transfer
Internal Business
Process Control Inquiry Processing Intranet web publishing
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that
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7. To Train
Electronic mail (e-mail) is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients.
Nominal cost
Major Disadvantage Message loses its privacy
Groupware software is typically installed on a computer network and allows many users to communicate in numerous ways.
Groupware can support different activities: direct interpersonal communication ideas generation and decision making sharing computer objects.
Groupware includes following capabilities: o Group writing & commenting o Meeting & appointment scheduling o Electronic meetings o Shared files & databases o Electronic mails
The TELEPHONE, or phone, is a telecommunication device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point
communication system
most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other. Developed in the mid-1870s by Alexander Graham Bell and others. Features of Telephone: Call waiting Call forwarding Conferencing capabilities Voicemail
A mobile phone is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area.
According to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, there were more than 320 million cell phone subscriptions in the United States as of June 2011, which is actually more than the entire US population.
Services Provided by modern cellphones: text messaging MMS E-mail Internet access Bluetooth Gaming Photography
Short Message Service (SMS) is the facility to send and receive text messages to & from mobile phones.
SMS text messaging is the most widely used data application in the world, with 3.6 billion active users, or 78% of all mobile phone subscribers.
Advantages of SMS:
o Requires less time than E-mail o Useful method for the deaf and the hearing impaired o Companies can use it to inform employees about new information. o It is used by T.V shows to allow viewers to vote for a topic or a contestant. o It doesnt require the person to be sitting at a computer like e-mail or instant messaging. o SMSs are used by marketing firms to advertise themselves as these are cheap.
A teleconference or teleseminar is the live exchange and mass articulation of information among several persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system.
Advantages :
Reduction in Travel Saving of Time Teleconferencing allows people to participate in regional, national or worldwide meetings without actually leaving their local office Urgent meetings
Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to communicate by simultaneous two-way video and audio transmissions.
Advantages of Videoconferencing:
a) Saves money: Companies are able to save on travel and hotel costs, previously incurred through transporting different employees to one place. b) Serves as a substitute for face-to-face communication. c) Facilitates rapid expansion of knowledge of people sitting at different places. d) Meetings can be organized at short notice. e) Employees are able to work from home, increasing work flexibility. f) Saves time g) Facilitates Long Distance Program
Voicemail is a computerized system for receiving and delivering incoming calls to the intended subscribers.
It is used to leave messages for the other person when he/she is not around his/her telephone.
Advantages of Voicemail: a) It can answer many phones at the same time. b) Can store incoming voice messages in mail boxes for future retrieval. c) Users can record received messages & forward it to another persons voice mail box.