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You are a professional in HRM and are in charge of your employer’s company blog for the week. In your introductory blog you
start out by showing this video. Pease note that the link below labeled 'LinkedIn learning' will open in a new window and may
require activation of a LinkedIn account on the first attempt. Trident students may use their student email address to access this
free subscription to LinkedIn Learning as a part of this course.
Skills for Leading the Future of Work - LinkedIn Learning
Your first blogger asks you:
Is there risk that technology will over-power life as we know it What impact will technology have on the employee-
employer relationship? How will this impact HR labor/employee relations activities?
How would you respond?
Write your response as 3-page blog, adding a small visual or two for impact. Include at least two outside sources to validate your
comments. The format is up to you, however, this assignment might work well in an essay format using Word (e.g., similar to an
opinion piece found on an editorial page in a newspaper or online news).
Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM trends, drawing on your background reading and
research.
Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated
information. Give authors credit for their work.
Prepare a paper that is conversational in nature.
Include a cover page and a list of references. Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors.
The Impact of Technology in the American Workplace
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In today’s modern world it is inevitable to recognize the impact that technology has on
the American workplace, ranging from mom-and-pop shops to large, advanced corporations.
According to a blog by Team Stage, “Today, about 50% of jobs need employees to have
technology skills, but it’s estimated that by 2030, 75% will have such requirements”(Mrkonjić,
2022). For technology to have such a significant impact in the workplace, there must be benefits
to it. Three of the most impactful benefits that technology has in the workplace are the ability to
communicate anywhere at any time, the ability to do work from home, allowing for many new
job opportunities, and improved uniformity and consistency. With the rise in the use of
technology, there are still downfalls that must be acknowledged. When technology is improperly
used, it causes distrust and unreliability in the workplace. Another problem with technology in
the workplace is the distraction it brings, by allowing a bridge between work and personal life.
Despite some of the drawbacks of the use of technology in the American workplace, it must still
be recognized that technology has taken communication in the workplace to a whole new level,
created countless new job opportunities, and improved uniformity and consistency.
Communication in the workplace has changed drastically over the past couple of decades
from just being in person, to be able to contact coworkers and customers at any time or
anywhere. In an article written by Karehka Ramey about the advantages and disadvantages of
technology in the workplace, he, in short, says that employees from different departments in a
company can use technology to share and exchange information, provide virtual communication
tools that can be used to share screens which can help workers to share projects while in different
departments, and communication technologies can be used in the customer service department to
serve customers on time (Ramey, 2022). The ability that technology gives to so easily
You are a professional in HRM and are in charge of your employer’s company blog for the week. In your introductory blog you
start out by showing this video. Pease note that the link below labeled 'LinkedIn learning' will open in a new window and may
require activation of a LinkedIn account on the first attempt. Trident students may use their student email address to access this
free subscription to LinkedIn Learning as a part of this course.
Skills for Leading the Future of Work - LinkedIn Learning
Your first blogger asks you:
Is there risk that technology will over-power life as we know it What impact will technology have on the employee-
employer relationship? How will this impact HR labor/employee relations activities?
How would you respond?
Write your response as 3-page blog, adding a small visual or two for impact. Include at least two outside sources to validate your
comments. The format is up to you, however, this assignment might work well in an essay format using Word (e.g., similar to an
opinion piece found on an editorial page in a newspaper or online news).
Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM trends, drawing on your background reading and
research.
Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated
information. Give authors credit for their work.
Prepare a paper that is conversational in nature.
Include a cover page and a list of references. Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors.
The Impact of Technology in the American Workplace
, 2
In today’s modern world it is inevitable to recognize the impact that technology has on
the American workplace, ranging from mom-and-pop shops to large, advanced corporations.
According to a blog by Team Stage, “Today, about 50% of jobs need employees to have
technology skills, but it’s estimated that by 2030, 75% will have such requirements”(Mrkonjić,
2022). For technology to have such a significant impact in the workplace, there must be benefits
to it. Three of the most impactful benefits that technology has in the workplace are the ability to
communicate anywhere at any time, the ability to do work from home, allowing for many new
job opportunities, and improved uniformity and consistency. With the rise in the use of
technology, there are still downfalls that must be acknowledged. When technology is improperly
used, it causes distrust and unreliability in the workplace. Another problem with technology in
the workplace is the distraction it brings, by allowing a bridge between work and personal life.
Despite some of the drawbacks of the use of technology in the American workplace, it must still
be recognized that technology has taken communication in the workplace to a whole new level,
created countless new job opportunities, and improved uniformity and consistency.
Communication in the workplace has changed drastically over the past couple of decades
from just being in person, to be able to contact coworkers and customers at any time or
anywhere. In an article written by Karehka Ramey about the advantages and disadvantages of
technology in the workplace, he, in short, says that employees from different departments in a
company can use technology to share and exchange information, provide virtual communication
tools that can be used to share screens which can help workers to share projects while in different
departments, and communication technologies can be used in the customer service department to
serve customers on time (Ramey, 2022). The ability that technology gives to so easily
