Reading Read the article. Which of these sentences summarises it best?
1. Do a job in the service industry.
2. Computers do all jobs.
3. Information technology changes companies and jobs.
1. service jobs
2. professions
3. manual work
Read the article again and find examples of the following.
Are these statements true or false?
1. More people do manual work today than a hundred years ago.
2. The law is a manual job.
3. All companies use robots to manufacture products.
4. People are good at some jobs and computers are good at some jobs.
5. It is possible for companies to contact employees at any time.
Reading.
Changes at work
Are modern companies different to companies in the past? One difference is the type of work that people do. Today, not so many people do manual work. (e.g. factory work, farm labouring, mining) as a century ago. Many people continue to do simple jobs in the service industry - as waiters or cleaners, perhaps. But more people now work in the professions, e.g. management, teaching, medicine, engineering and the law.
A big change in companies and job is the use of information technology. Now employees use computers to do alot of the administrative jobs in companies. Computers can do the simple part of many jobs. For example; factories often use robots to make products. But
people are better than computers at difficult jobs like helping an ill person or designing a new aircraft.
Modern companies use information technology to communicate with customers and suppliers in different countries. IT also helps communication inside a company - it is possible for a team to organise a video conference with members in different countries.
Information technology also changes the way that people work. It helps companies to organise work in a more flexible way. Now, companies can contact their workers day and night, and some employees can work at home if they want to.
Writing. Write a brief summary from each parragraph of the reading above.
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