1) How is the business environment changing? What are the implications of these changes for organizations? What are the implications of these changes for you personally? This question will involve research on your part.
The gist of the readings from this week put an emphasis innovation and changes in technology. For businesses this means either rise above and adapt to the changes or sink. Along with advancements in technology comes globalization, meaning companies must be willing to spread internationally and not just on a small scale. Personally, this means I need to put more emphasis in familiarizing and adapting to technology, such as coding and advanced mathematics. A degree from college is not enough to get a job anymore; people need to be well-rounded in …show more content…
(You want to identify the key information the author used, or presupposed to support his/her main arguments. Here you are looking for facts, experiences/stories, data the author is using to support her/his conclusions).
In chapter one of Thank You for Being Late, Friedman explains the story behind the title. Through the story, he acknowledges how important it is for humans to be able to pause, but not like technology pauses. In a world where technology can continuously be in use, there is never a need for pausing. Humans need to take pauses to realize everything that is going on around them, giving us a “’space for reflection and thought’” (Freidman, 6).
Continuing onto chapter two, he explains how we got to the point we are at now. He pinpoints it to the year of 2007 where technology made a significant advancement. Social networks, iPhones, and online communication all had a peak, making technology more user friendly and accessible from anywhere in the world. He ends this chapter with a call for more “lifetime learning” (34). He says those who enter the workforce and would like to sustain employment must open themselves up to a lifetime of
The gist of the readings from this week put an emphasis innovation and changes in technology. For businesses this means either rise above and adapt to the changes or sink. Along with advancements in technology comes globalization, meaning companies must be willing to spread internationally and not just on a small scale. Personally, this means I need to put more emphasis in familiarizing and adapting to technology, such as coding and advanced mathematics. A degree from college is not enough to get a job anymore; people need to be well-rounded in …show more content…
(You want to identify the key information the author used, or presupposed to support his/her main arguments. Here you are looking for facts, experiences/stories, data the author is using to support her/his conclusions).
In chapter one of Thank You for Being Late, Friedman explains the story behind the title. Through the story, he acknowledges how important it is for humans to be able to pause, but not like technology pauses. In a world where technology can continuously be in use, there is never a need for pausing. Humans need to take pauses to realize everything that is going on around them, giving us a “’space for reflection and thought’” (Freidman, 6).
Continuing onto chapter two, he explains how we got to the point we are at now. He pinpoints it to the year of 2007 where technology made a significant advancement. Social networks, iPhones, and online communication all had a peak, making technology more user friendly and accessible from anywhere in the world. He ends this chapter with a call for more “lifetime learning” (34). He says those who enter the workforce and would like to sustain employment must open themselves up to a lifetime of