Technology

You probably don’t need me to tell you that technology has brought a number of advantages to workplaces.  Our work is more efficient because of the technology that we have available, and information is at our fingertips.  We have the ability to communicate with people around the world in ways that would have been impossible only a few decades ago.  More subtly, many scholars claim that technology has helped to equalize status in organizations.  In the past, those wanting to speak with a CEO or “higher up” in an organization would have had a difficult time gaining access to him or her, but through email, one can easily send a message to anyone, regardless of status differences.  My job as professor has changed similarly where students can email professors about questions they have rather than having to more formally schedule a visit.  Technologies such as PowerPoint have created new ways of reaching students.  How has technology changed the ways in which you do your job?