Economic

People are expected to be available 24/7 nowadays. For instance, if someone messages you by text message and you don’t reply, many people class it as being rude.

A good way to explain this is Blackberries using the Blackberry messenger service. It is a live service in which you can contact someone else on their Blackberry instantly.

IT has changed the way we work on a daily basis. We can now work on computers at home and still do the same job you would in the company’s office. It can be cost effective as no travel costs are involved in working from home which is a good point. The bad point about this would be the fact that some resources needed to work are stored in the company’s office and working from home disallows the worker to reach them unless they have a copy.

IT allows a company to electronically figure out work shifts and timetables for the working day. It also calculates and determines if there are any mistakes to avoid collisions of shifts or departments to work in etc.

With the use of search engines and online directories, sourcing products from other countries has been made much easier and time saving. For instance, getting resources for a textiles company from France is as easy as locating their website and placing an order electronically.

IT has made a huge impact in less fortunate countries economy such as India and China. IT allowed them to set up small businesses and eventually progress to something big with wages coming in for all their staff, which wouldn’t be possible without features such as the Internet.

With the evolution of the IT industry many companies are choosing to switch to machines to take the places of workers to do the job. In many cases this can make the production process much quicker and a lot cheaper but isn’t good for workers families as it can make them behind in bill payments and less money for shopping or luxuries.

Setting up a business using the Internet has made it possible for many small businesses around the world. IT made this possible because of not having to advertise in newspapers or go around handing out leaflets etc. Using the Internet, small businesses have listed their contact information on websites such as Facebook and Twitter so that people can see and spread around friends.

Using the Internet, companies big or small can track their sales records and marketing from their website. When someone makes a payment, it tracks into a log saved on the company owner’s website making it visible to the owner. A prime example of this would be websites such as Ebay, Amazon, LastMinute, iTunes and GoCompare.

The websites listed above have made less money stable people a bit better off as the cost of selling and buying on the websites are nowhere near the cost of setting up a website and paying rental fees for servers and domains.