Technology In The 19th Century

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• Technology is essential in the current period in history. It has changed the world dramatically. Every society in the world has been affected by technology. If technology is used in a positive way it can change the world to benefit of humans. If it is not, then we will become slaves to it. This research paper discusses the role of technology and the importance of managing technology properly.
• In the nineteenth century modern society was being shaped by feudalism and imperialism. Regional power struggles and the rise and fall of civilizations were driven by basic science, arts, agriculture and literature. Food then became a critical resource and the center of power shifted to the regions where food production and distribution was more efficient. …show more content…

When societies knows more about the development in a technology, they become able to take advantage of it. When an innovation achieves a certain point after it has been presented and promoted, this technology becomes part of the society. Technology has made life easier and more comfortable and that it has enabled us to perform tasks that we could not do otherwise. A list of the benefits of technology would be very long indeed.
a) Organizations are changing from co-located groups of Workers to virtual entities spanning multiple continents.
b) Purchasing is changing from visiting retail stores to visiting the web making the buying and selling of goods really flexible with the introduction e-payment systems.
c) Publications are changing from printing media to electronic media.
d) Unlike in the past when communication was limited to letter writing and waiting for those postal services to deliver your message. Today technology has made the field of communications so easy. Now you can draft a business message and email it or fax in a second without any delays, the recipient will get the message an they will reply you …show more content…

f) Today, technology has made a very big change in the education world. Education is changing from classroom lectures to computer-assisted delivery.
g) War strategies highly depend on the technological resources
• Technological learning and innovation capacity is crucial for a regions' competitiveness. A study based on modern world industries competiveness Knowledge Competitiveness Index (KCI) developed along the following seven dimensions:
a) Ability to create new ideas
b) Exploitation of the economic value of new

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