Introduction:
Advances in information technology will revolutionize human civilization. Never before has knowledge been so easily as instantly accessible as it is now. Information has the power to change culture customs and communities.
Development of Thought:
No other technology in the last 300 years has had the kind of impact that information technology will have on the social, political and economic fabric of society. Information technology will change the way we think, act, educate, and associate.
The Information revolution will have far-reaching implications on political ideologies and social thought- It will invade not only offices and homes but also farms and fields, health centers and hospitals and many other critical activities and areas of production, services and development.
It will help cross social barriers and national boundaries and network people from every part of the world, irrespective on their nationalities.
The new vistas of knowledge opened up by the information revolution will have far-reaching impact. It will break down barriers, foster freedom and democratic values and help harness human talent for global peace and co-operation rather than war and confrontation.
Information is essentially a starting point for knowledge. Knowledge is required for decision making and for taking initiative.
It is only through initiative that one can take appropriate action to implement ideas, programmes and projects. It will provide new tools to deal with knowledge, and as a result, will have far- reaching implications on the future decision-making process.
In traditional systems, information is considered to be power and power is difficult to share. People normally hold on to information and are very selective about sharing, it with others. The modern information systems are designed to bring openness, accessibility, accountability and connectivity.
With modern, electronics hardware, information is available on computer and television terminals to everybody in a variety of forms and formats, this forces openness.
Information technology is bound to bring about cultural transformation in many developing and socialist nations. The information thread will help in networking various cultures and conflicts. New information systems also provide accessibility and connectivity.
Together, these two concepts provide networking of information and people the world over. Now large data bases are accessible freely to people through international telecom networks. These data bases contain a variety of information on technology, trade, business, patents, travel, entertainment, and finance, for people to share and interact.
The new technology will definitely make it easier for us to disseminate news, information, ideas and messages. It will make distribution much wider and quicker.
However, there is a danger. Since this information will have a larger reach with accessibility to all levels of people in a society, it will need to be accurate. But accuracy will be difficult when millions of pieces of information float around at various levels to various individuals and institutions with conflicting priorities and perceptions.
It will be difficult to distinguish fact from fiction, right from wrong, and proper from improper. This information and misinformation will be easy to broadcast to the relevant people and places to create confusion.
With a few multinationals dominating information technology and associated networking of people and data, people in the developing world are concerned about the dependency and cultural impact on their societies. Imported technology may mean imported values and imported needs, feelings, thoughts, vision and views.
In many parts of the developing world, the TV, which was supposed to be a tool for education, has essentially become a tool to promote Western values. There is this danger also in information technology. The battle between the countries which possess technology and those which need it for basic development will go on in the next century.
As technologies begin to integrate, economies and cultures will also integrate slowly but surely. As economies integrate, hopefully jobs will integrate and ultimately a universal culture may evolve in the next century.
The significant part of the information revolution of today and tomorrow has a lot do with the merger of communication and computer technologies.
The telecommunication technology of today interconnects over 500 million telephones for over five billion people the world over, which are both the source and the final destination of the information. Traditionally, only the human mind could generate process to receive and create information by observation, conversation, interaction, imagination and thinking.
Data-base management, fax, and variety of other new features and facilities. The entire focus is on increasing productivity and efficiency of the white collar and managerial work force.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent in equipment and machinery on production floor to enhance the productivity of blue collar workers. However, when an office worker is appointed, normally he is given only a desk, a chair, and some paper and pencils.
It is only recently that some new tools have been developed to improve office productivity. The starting point in this area was an electric typewriter for the office secretary. Now, this has changed to fancy computer aided design equipment for engineers and programme management tools for executives and managers.
On an average, a manager spends 60 per cent of his or her time in meetings and a significant time on telephoning, communicating and coordinating.
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