Techno Life

Proces in which a meeting of a group of 3 or more people who agree to talk together via telephone at a designated time. S Dept of Labor identified several major competencis that you need in order to succeed in the wokplace. Ability to select and use the most appropriate channel to communicate technology (ex) telephone, e-mail, fax

Philosophy of Life Long Learning

*without the desire to learn new technology, you will be left behind when it comes to raised and promotion.

Distadvantages: email boxes fill up easily, it can keep you from doing your real work, emails can be mis-interpreted, people have been fired for sending email that they thought were personal.

Communication Competence and life long learning

Key to successfully managing techno life

Communication Competence- ability to select and use the most appropriate channel to communicate technology (ex) telephone, e-mail, fax

Why do we need it?

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Advantages:flexibility to assemble maultifunctional teams without stressful transers

Uncover hidden expertise by sending “does anybody know” email, access email at a time that it is convenient, cheap. (ex) scheduling, calanders, bulletin boards, group document handling, work flow tracking. Mergers, downsizing, consolidation, and crisis management. It is related to performance and productivity levels with new technologies. No longer in one centralized location. (ex) Collete who refused to learn new technology was fired.