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Business B8: Emerging Trends and Technologies
Business B8: Emerging Trends and Technologies
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Introduction
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Trends
Trend analysis the examination of a trend to identify its
nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
Trend monitoring trends viewed as particularly important
in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully
monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
Trend projection when numerical data is available a trend
can be plotted on graph paper to display changes through
time and into the future
Computer simulation complex systems can be modeled
by means of mathematical equations and different scenarios
can be run against the model to determine what if analysis
Historical analysis the study of historical events in order
to anticipate the outcome of current developments
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Top reasons organizations should study trends
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Trends Shaping Our Future
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The growth in information industries is
creating a knowledge-dependent global society
83% of American management personnel will be knowledge
workers by 2005
A typical large organization in 2010 will have fewer than half the
management levels of its counterpart in 1990, and about 1/3 the
number of managers
Potential business impact:
Top managers must be computer-literate to retain their jobs and
achieve success
Knowledge workers are generally higher paid and their
proliferation is increasing overall prosperity
Entry-level and unskilled positions are requiring a growing level
of education
Information now flows from front-office workers to higher
management for analysis
Downsizing, restructuring, reorganization, outsourcing, and
layoffs will continue
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The global economy is becoming more
integrated
International outsourcing is on the rise
The European Union has relaxed its borders and capital
controls
Internet users numbered about 500 million worldwide in
2003, Internet users are growing by 6% monthly
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Time is becoming one of the worlds
most precious commodities
U.S. workers spend 10% more time on the job than they
did a decade ago
European executives and nonunionized workers face the
same trend
This high-pressured environment is increasing the need
for any product or service that saves time or simplifies life
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Digital Ink (or Electronic Ink)
refers to technology that digitally represents handwriting in its
natural form
Digital ink can be used in many applications:
Point-of-sale signs
Next generation displays in mobile devices and PDAs
Thin, portable electronic books and newspapers
RadioPaper dynamic high-resolution electronic display that
combines a paperlike reading experience with the ability to
access information anytime, anywhere
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Digital Paper (or Electronic Paper)
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Digital Paper
Digital ink and digital paper
past, present, and future
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
RFID uses active or passive tags in the form of chips or smart
labels that can store unique identifiers and relay this information
to electronic readers
RFID systems are automated, reducing the need for manual
scanning, such as required with a bar code