The effects of using ICT

Chapter 5
 Why I made this slide?
Textbook is so easy IGCSE question is complex
 Learning objectives

At the end of this presentation, you should be able to answer any

questions related to effects of using ICT
The effects of ICT on employment
Negative effects
• Job losses either in offices or industries

• Robots are used in many business nowadays

• These robots replace human workers

 Advantages of robots over humans
• Higher productivity

• More accurate or consistent result

• They work non-stop without breaks

• They don’t get bored by repetitive tasks

• They don’t go on strike

• They can do dangerous job such as in the jungle

 Disadvantages of robots

• They are expensive to purchase

• They are expensive to set up

• They are costly to maintain or repair when broken

• They often need reprogramming for every additional

tasks

• If it breaks, production will be affected

 Positive impacts of ICT

• It has created job opportunities in many areas such as:

• Network manager and computer technician

• Website designer

• System analyst

• Programmers

• Computer engineers

• Delivery drivers
The effects of ICT on working patterns
 Full Time
• employees will normally work over 5 full days

• typically 9am till 4 or 5pm

• will complete between 35 – 40 hours a week.

 Part-time

• working fewer hours per week than full

time, or working fewer hours per day

 Compressed Hours

• employee are still working full time hours.

• however the same amount of hours are

completed over less days.

• employees will work more hours in one day.

 Job Sharing

• full time job is divided between two part time

employees

• both employees do the same job – same

responsibilities.

• one employee could work in the morning and the

other in the afternoon or the first or second part

of the week.
 IGCSE Questions on Chapter One

Some of the effects of using

ICT related questions
from
2013 - 2019
 Advantages Disadvantages
• Overall wage bill is reduced as there are
fewer workers • The cost of buying/set up robot is expensive
• Productivity is higher/the robot can • It can only carry out one task
work all day long therefore is more
efficient • Stairs can be a problem
• It has a set path/route to follow which • Payload size can be an issue
means that staff know when it is due
• Less expensive in the long run/doesn’t • Expensive to maintain (only if Less expensive in the long
get paid run has not been given)
• Less mistakes are made/more accurate
• Allow humans to do more skilled work • Replace labour, leads to increased redundancy payments
• Greater consistency
• Work 24/7/without breaks
• Robots can work in sterile areas where
humans would need protective clothing
• Robots can easily be used for transferring large
delicate items
• Robots can work 24/7 / continuously
• Cheaper in the long run / robots not paid
• More accurate as the lens needs to be
precise / higher quality of lens
• More frequent checking of the equipment /
lens
• They do the boring / laborious work Issues can
be found quicker
• Task / job can be carried out far quicker
• Max four from: Disadvantages
• Very expensive to buy / higher in the short
term
• Maintenance is very expensive
• Difficult to re-program when changes are
made
• Requires backup systems, which are
expensive
• They replace skilled workers, leading to
de-skilling
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