JULIET PORTILLO
The transformation of technology has rendered many in the workforce without jobs. Large sectors of the workforce has become obsolete. According to Selwyn Ryan people lack the skills to compete for jobs in computer driven technology industries or services which now dominate the modern economic horizon. Some of the older workers feel overwhelmed by these changes and cannot cope. With advances in technology certain positions have been rendered useless resulting in one individual doing the work of three people since technology has allowed for more integration. An example of this is the new customs and excise ASYCUDA system. Some data input employees jobs have become redundant. In order to compete one has to become more than just computer literate or risk being left behind since technology promises speedier delivery of goods and services in less time and improved efficiency. In the capitalist world time equates money. Progress with technology. Who benefits the most?
Information technology has had a remarkable impact on all areas of many of our lives. We sometimes forget that, as with many other technological developments, the impact of this technology has not been uniform across the world or within our own countries for example there are fewer telephones in the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa than there are in Manhattan. In the Caribbean there are also significant differences in telephone. With this form of progress the CAPITALIST are the ones who dominate here.
ReplyDeleteC. Samuel