ICT has made working life more productive and more efficient, and also allows individuals to take on more responsibility. It enables individuals to achieve more. ICT allows communication to be achieved more effectively. Certain technologies have been made which allows production to be quicker. Examples include EPOS which stands for Electronic Point of Sale, EPOS are computerised tills which allow orders and purchases to be put through quickly and efficiently. Shop assistants then use EFTPOS to complete the transaction, using EFTPOS as the source of payment.
ICT does not just help large companies but also smaller ones with a small work force. ICT makes it easier as managers can produce their own reports and create their own presentations.
Conference calling makes it easier to balance work and life time as you are able to communicate with more than one person at the same time. This saves time as otherwise you would have to call each recipient individually.
In some cases the use of ICT allows more freedom and self-reliance to employees, giving them more responsibility making them feel more important. Being able to use different forms of ICT in different places means that time can be used more efficiently, e.g. on a train, a phone and laptop can be used so as not to waste time whilst travelling.
There are some disadvantages to this though, some people cannot handle the extra pressure placed upon them, meaning that their working hours may be longer than normal, causing more stress than normal to the employee. Although it may seem beneficial that work can be completed over travel or at home, it may start to intrude on your social lives and may not allow you to get away from it.
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