INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

College of Business Management

Department of Management &HR

EMERGING ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS FOR DYNAMIC CHANGE

MAN 619 Fall 2021 WME 12377 Marks 5

Name: Urooj Sohail Student ID: 21274
Assignment no 3 Fall 2021 November 26, 2021

Time one hour

How is Job design being impacted and

change due to new technology
What are the impact on job design by new technology both
positive and negative?

Write your answer in thi sheet. The answer should be in MS word document

Ans 1) The way we work is changing. The speed of new technologies such as AI, Machine
Learning, Digital tools and systems are rapidly reshaping business processes and impacting
traditional organisation work structures.

The information technology revolution has had dramatic effects on jobs and the labor market.
Many routine and manual tasks have been automated, replacing workers. By contrast, new
technologies complement non-routine, cognitive, and social tasks, making work in such tasks
more productive. These effects have polarized labor markets: While low-skill jobs have
stagnated, there are fewer and lower paid jobs for middle-skill workers, and higher pay for
high-skill workers, increasing wage inequality. Advances in artificial intelligence may be
accelerating computers’ ability to perform cognitive tasks, heightening concerns about
automation of even high-skill jobs.

Positives

Technological innovations result in improved lifestyles, and hence consumerism increased

and thereby results in more employment opportunities. 

Technology complements many tasks, increasing productivity, quality, and innovation. hence
reduces the burden on workers and eliminates the burden of doing repetitive tasks. For this,
workers need to learn some skills to stay employed.
Due to technology, demand for technically skilled youth is increasing and hence more jobs
available for educated youth. This can solve the problem of educated unemployment to some
extent.

Technology helps in the growth of the economy.  Companies that use technology will save so
much money by replacing human labour with technological innovations.

Technologies have the potential to create large scale jobs in rural areas and hence addresses
the rural unemployment issue. Till now, jobs with better pay are concentrated in urban areas.

Big data and machine learning are increasing machines’ ability to perform cognitive,
physical, and even some social (language) tasks.

Greater access to data, analysis tools, and telecommunications allows many workers to focus
more on social interactions, collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.

Technology makes many high-skill jobs more intrinsically motivating, enabling more tasks,
skills, and decentralization.

Negatives

Not just the low-skilled, and semi-skilled jobs, even high skilled job are at threat due to the
new wave of technologies like Artificial intelligence. This can reduce the employment
opportunities available for technically skilled persons.

Machines substitute for humans in many manual and routine jobs.

At present, a gap in the career will be a big disadvantage due to changing and constantly
improving technologies. This may force some women to stay at home after taking maternity
leaves.

Technical advancement is forcing people to continuously update their knowledge to sustain

themselves in the job market. This can be too overwhelming for some to balance work and
personal life.

The pace at which machines gain the ability to perform cognitive tasks is faster than in the
past, making adaptation by workers more difficult.

Labor markets have polarized and inequality has risen, with relatively less demand for mid-
skill workers and increased value for high-skill workers.

Technology makes many middle-skill jobs less intrinsically motivating, with fewer tasks and
skills, and more centralization and monitoring.

A significant limitation of the current debate on technological change is that it is difficult to

predict future advancements, effects on job design, and labor market responses. Computer
scientists are uncertain of how much progress will be made, and at what pace. Artificial
intelligence has proceeded in spurts, with occasional advancements followed by slower
periods in which obstacles have proven difficult to overcome. Furthermore, experts may
overestimate likely progress in their own field.

Conclusion

New technology has always generated dire labor market predictions that have never come to
fruition. Technological change has not always complemented high-skill work while replacing
low-skill jobs, and may not in the future either. Humans are capable of much that is hard to
automate, even with the advent of artificial intelligence. Technology can be used to help
people focus on customer service, artisanal and craft work, innovation, education, and more.
Furthermore, ICT improves productivity and quality, and generates new products and
services. These generate growth, which can improve labor demand