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COMPUTERS AND EMPLOYMENT BY MOHSIN PATEL MOHAMMAD TAJ MOOBARAK TAILOR MOHAMMAD DAD CONTENTS SUMMARY.......................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................3 COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY...........................................................................4 JOBS IN COMPUTING..................................................................................4 SKILLING AND DESKILLING........................................................................5 EFFECTS OF DOWNSIZING..........................................................................6 CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS.........................................................8 CHANGE IN LOCATIONS OF WORK...............................................................9 HEALTH AND SAFETY...............................................................................11 POSSIBLE FUTURE CONSEQUENCES............................................................11 CONCLUSION..........................................................................................12 BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................................................................13 GLOSSARY................................................................................................13 SUMMARY THE AIM OF THIS REPORT IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE COVERING OF THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON EMPLOYMENT. WITHIN HALF A CENTURY, COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD AND AFFECTED MILLIONS OF LIVES IN WAYS THAT NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN OR PREDICTED. INTRODUCTION COMPUTERS AND EMPLOYMENT Before the industrial revolution nearly everyone worked in agriculture. Communication was by word of mouth or paper. When the industrial revolution came, life became more complicated. People started to work in factories and the factories needed offices to deal with administration. The amount of paperwork needed to trade started to increase. As time went on, technology was used to develop machines such as the typewriter...

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