Rabail Ghazanfar

The Future of Technology in the Workplace (essay outline) Introduction  The era of globalization has shifted the manual system to a digital system creating ease to work  Attaran, Attaran and Kirkland (2019, p. 2) explain that the utilization of technology in businesses has increased the productivity of organizations  Machines are more efficient and faster than humans  Despite numerous advantages, the excessive use of technology hinders the freedom of employees such as the use of a surveillance system at the workplace (Tredinnick and Laybats, 2019, pp. 50-52)  The use of technology at the workplace monitor the activities of the employees by using the big data and algorithms  Thesis statement: current essay aims to explore the historical shift from manual to a digital system; afterwards it will explicate the way technology improves the working condition and pose privacy challenges for employees; finally it will explore the long-term impact of the technology use in the UK Paragraph 1  In the present time, most of the office work requires different types of technologies such as computers, printers and many others  The new advancement in technology allows new and easy ways of communication among employee and employers through online mediums (Dittes ET AL., 2019, pp. 650651)  The utilization of technology reduced the workload by decreasing the number of employees to carry out various activities  Different technologies such as computer use machine learning program to adapt the changes and learn to solve different problems quickly Paragraph 2  There are various benefits and drawbacks of the use of technology at the workplace  In organizations, virtual teams are becoming a key response towards low cost, rapid solutions and the high quality of work (Walsh, 2019, p. 99)  Koohang et al. (2017, pp. 11-13) illustrate that the use of different apps at the workplace can be a privacy threat as different apps are made without any proper security measure posing a threat of malware or third party intervention Paragraph 3  In order to meet the race of technological utilization, the UK also utilize different advanced technologies in the work environment to improve organizational productivity  Moore and Piwek (2017, p. 311) explain that companies utilizing WSTT (wearable devices and self-tracking technologies that help in detecting the health status of employees and formulate policies for their wellbeing  There is a possibility of virtual collaborations with the technological advancement in future, which will provide mutual benefits to different organizations (Colbert, Yee & George, 2016, p. 726) Conclusion  In a nutshell, it is concluded that the advancement in technology has evolved the workplaces by providing new ways to work  The paradigm shift has allowed an optimistic change in organizational environment by reducing the workload on employees and utilizing different technologies  The excessive use of technologies also pose some privacy and security issues that need to be dealt cautiously  In order to increase benefits and reduce adverse outcomes, organizations need to utilize technologies carefully to minimize the threats References Attaran, M., Attaran, S. and Kirkland, D., 2019. The need for digital workplace: increasing workforce productivity in the information age. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (IJEIS), 15(1), pp.1-23. Colbert, A., Yee, N., & George, G., 2016. The Digital Workforce and the Workplace of the Future. Academy of Management Journal, 59(3), 731–739. Dittes, S., Richter, S., Richter, A. and Smolnik, S., 2019. Toward the workplace of the future: How organizations can facilitate digital work. Business Horizons, 62(5), pp.649-661. Koohang, A., Riggio, M.T., Paliszkiewicz, J. and Nord, J.H., 2017. Security Policies And Data Protection of Mobile Devices in the Workplace. Issues in Information Systems, 18(1). Moore, P. and Piwek, L., 2017. Regulating wellbeing in the brave new quantified workplace. Employee Relations. Tredinnick, L. and Laybats, C., 2019. Workplace surveillance. Walsh, T., 2019. Virtual Team Success with the Power of Technology Advancements'. Advances in the Technology of Managing People: Contemporary Issues in Business (The Changing Context of Managing People). Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.99-107.