Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Do an investigation on telecommuting
a) Describe the technologies used, both softwares and hardwares in telecommuting
b) Obtain two articles with social / ethical issues on telecommuting and prepare to share your
findings
Ergonomics and health: Do an investigation on the topic assigned and obtain the following
a) Name the various technological ergonomics designs that have been designed or implemented
by employers to increase employees productive.
b) Search for two current articles that raise heath issues as a result of using IT systems. Prepare
to share your findings.
c) What solutions have been put in place to adress the various health issues resulting from using
IT systems?
b) Give real examples from research where job obsolescence, job retraining have occured.
c) Outline jobs that have not been possible to retrain people because of technology. Give
practicals from research.
a) Give five examples of job online search websites and describe the process of job search in one
of them.
b) Obtaining two article raising social/ ethical issues of using online jobs websites. Prepare to
share your findings.
Employee surveillance.
a) Different software and hardware have been used to monitor employees. Search for the several
surveillance softwares or hardware decribing how each works.
b) Obtain two news articles rasing social / ethical issues resulting from employee surveillance
systems.
"Do you support the use of employee monitoring system? Give your reasons"
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-125241.html
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2308363,00.asp
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/interview/0,289202,sid14_gci940369,00.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=6506302
http://trendsupdates.com/the-pitfalls-and-loopholes-of-employee-monitoring-system/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2919/is_200705/ai_n19189672/