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6.1 Technology and the Future of Work - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The scale and pace of innovation mean that technology is also a
        main driver of organizational change
  - - - sees technology as inevitably shaping the direction in which events move.
      - The argument that technology explains the nature of jobs, skills and knowledge requirements and organization structure
    - - rejects the technologically deterministic view, and highlights the importance of social and economic forces on the choices made and the way they influence the development of a particular technology.
      - The argument that work design and organization structure depend on decisions about how and why technology is used and not by the technology itself
- - - - The ideology of the ‘technological fix’ represents an optimistic perspective on the relationship between technology and human society.
  - - - "Machines are encroaching on the fundamental capability that sets us apart as a species
      - our ability to make complex decisions, to solve problems – and, most importantly, to learn… In the coming decades, widespread unemployment has clear potential to tear society apart, in a world with far too few jobs, who will have the income and confidence to purchase the products and services produced by the