1. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Lecture Perspectives

2. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Objectives By the end of this lecture the student should – Understand IT and its relationship with Society Understand what is meant by the ‘Distinctiveness of NT’ Appreciate why we ask, “Is IT Revolutionary?” Appreciate the comparison with the Industrial Revolution Appreciate the main points of the ‘Technology and Choice debate’

3. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Introduction Without doubt New Technology (NT) and Information Technology (IT) has had an impact on society. Many writers have written widely about the subject and given a number of predictions It is the purpose of this lecture to make you aware of these theories and debates, NOT to judge any theory or reach a conclusion

4. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills New Technology Can NT be seen as: Distinctive? or Revolutionary? What is the cost of failure?

5. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Distinctiveness of NT Rowe and Thompson in People and Chips Size Cost Speed Capacity Reliability (R)evolutionary ?

6. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Forms of Application Basis for New Products Replacing Conventional Circuitry Change Production Process Affect Communication and Information

7. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills The Industrial Revolution A Term used to describe changes between mid-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

8. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills The Industrial Revolution Fundamental Changes which typified the period (Phyllis Deane, 1980) –1 Application of Science and Knowledge –2 Specialisation of economic activity –3 Movement of population –4 Movement of labour between employment sectors –5 Growth of new production units –6 Intensive and extensive use of capital resources –7 Emergence of new social classes

9. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills The Industrial Revolution Key Point The first industrial revolution involved not only significant technological changes, but also a dramatic SOCIAL transformation

10. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills A New (Industrial) Revolution? Towards a new society? Daniel Bell argues that we are moving into a new form of Society: The Post Industrial Society

11. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills A New (Industrial) Revolution? Bell argued that Deane's seven characteristics apply as much today as they did 2 centuries ago: –1 Application of Science and Knowledge –2 Specialisation of economic activity –3 Movement of Population –4 Movement of labour between employment sectors –5 Growth of new production units –6 Intensive and Extensive use of capital resources –7 Emergence of new social classes

12. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Technology and Choice The impact of Technology on Society is directly linked to its application – –Electricity –Personal Computers –Lasers –Flight Control Systems

13. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Major Issues Are we now (with Micro technology) seeing the beginning of a revolution similar to 1715 to 1850? Shown what typified Industrial Revolution – do they apply that to the modern world? Views of whether technology is good or bad is dependent upon viewpoint

14. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Characteristics of the Contrasting Perspectives Optimistic ViewPessimistic View Society Technology Technological Focus Technological Change Social Structure Changes to Social Structure Social Relations Nature of Work State Political Orientation Industrial Neutral product Invention Revolutionary Elite (meritocratic) Convergence Concensus Reskilling Pluralist Conservative Capitalist Social product Innovation Evolutionary Class Polarisation Conflict Deskilling Unitary Radical

15. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills Summary IT and its relationship with Society Distinctiveness of NT Is it Revolutionary? Industrial Revolution Current (R)evolution Technology and Choice

16. University of Sunderland Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 3 Professionalism and Personal Skills References Bell, Daniel “The Coming of Post Industrial Society”. London Heinman Deane, P. “The First Industrial Revolution”, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press