Gates also wanted to make everything paperless and make everything work electronically. He started to realize how much our societies depend on papers as a waste form for our current transactions and advertisements while everything could be shifted towards a paperless society where everything could possibly be done electronically. He decided to find ways such that Microsoft can make things much more reliable for everyone by converting paper works in form of documents on a computer. In his point of view this was a great idea because it's an efficient way to save more time with paperwork and loss of papers. Documents could also be easily edited and saved for more copies rather than one form of paperwork. When Gate figured how much paper had been printed in his own company over the past years that’s when he realized the cons of regular paper and decided to come up with a way where he can make everything paperless.
He talks about how the government regulations change over time and because of it they are in always in need of updating and reprinting all kinds of forms and so even editing the old ones. These kinds of time-consuming works can easily be replaced if everything is computerized. Documents can easily be re-edited and updated with just a click of the button. His examples are very reasonable about going all paperless in the future making things electronic can reduce traveling costs in businesses. “By requiring proper sign-off before a request is processed, market prevents inappropriate purchases that can easily slip through a paper-based system. Shipping information is typed instead of handwritten, so routing errors are almost nonexistent” (location 853) there are many more examples where he talks about how going paperless can increase the amount of benefits in our lives and lead us towards a more efficient society. Some argument points can be fair to business for example about updating things electronically at work or anywhere makes things much for efficient and saves a lot of time. For example going to an insurance office and requiring them something regarding your insurance.
Instead of going through piles of papers it can easily be acquired if it’s in a computer it can easily be found it in just a matter of minutes. Less papers also means less cutting of trees, we are in time where now saving trees is becoming a very important issue. There is also some incontinence when it comes to making things all electronics. Sometimes system becomes unstable or shutdown occurs, often like power blackouts and when everything is computerized it makes us very reliable on technology. That’s why we should always keep hard copy of all the important documents if such things were to ever occur. I feel like Gates idea has reached pretty far because nowadays everywhere almost everything is done electrically, every office documents personal or professional everything are now being done on a computer. And it has helped people made things more convenient. Customer service will be given the most priority in all kind of business that’s what Gates imagined. It is very important for a consumer to trust an ecommerce website. When he was developing on this idea many other questions arose in his mind since many people were unexposed to such an online based world. Many people were not willing to take the risk of purchasing anything online. They needed something more trustworthy. Also if there were to be a technical issue whom were they going to rely on for help? An answer to such questions was his struggle to accomplish. But soon the world would revolutionize it would just be a matter of time.
, He states” Internet is a great tool for helping customers find the best deal they can. It is reasonably easy for consumers to jump from one retail web site to another to find the best price on some goods.” (Location 1115) He was unsure about how broadly this will be used. Starting from online shopping to opening a new business in the web has been the best idea. Internet has come a long way. Everything that you need now is there, just a click away. People like to shop online when they are unable to go out to the malls. Sometimes there are sales that only occur online and not in stores. Nowadays People are willing to purchase items from online stores, many major ecommerce websites like eBay and amazon exist, types of online businesses where sellers and buyers are also the consumers themselves selling their stuff and verse vise. Although frauds do occur at times but it has improved overtime with websites such as paypal providing ensurity of your products whether as a buyer or a seller. We have reached the point that Gates imagined, he said I think we went a little further with social networks. People will be adopting the web based lifestyle. Internet has also increased in social networking people can stay connected anywhere in the world. Soon everyone will be heavily dependent on the internet for everything. It will be a great benefit for businesses and also students and their personal life.
Internet is been around for many years the like gates said, “Within a decade most Americans and many other people around the world will be living the web lifestyle.” (Location 1165) This is what’s happening now. Starting from watching or reading the news to learning, and being entertained, like TV shows or movies and also to communicate Internet is being used; in quote “Universities are dispensing with paper forms and registering students for classes over the web.” (Location 1673) We as students are aware of that. Students currently rely on the internet for registration of classes not only that but students can also email their assignments to their professors; professors can communicate with them through the Internet. Not only in terms of education but the internet can be used in many different ways for example in help of dealing with financial information like online banking. Looking up their accounts information or paying bills are much more convenient now. Instead of going to the office or mailing them. Also people can use the internet as a means of communication to communicate with their friends and relatives instead of calling them, we as a society are currently going through that modernization. To support Gate’s idea about the internet, People have adopted the web based lifestyle completely. Starting from our parents to our next generation and us everything we have to do is through the Internet. Applying for jobs, working on college assignments, registering for classes or doing our financial aid. Everything we do is digital. We don’t use to the phone to call people as much as we do to text or use the Internet to talk to them.
There are disadvantages because people are completely dependent on Internet. They are always on their phones or their laptops watching movies, studying or at the social networks but the web surround it all. Today I can’t even imagine my life without internet; it has become a very important factor of everyone’s life. In the digital the business boundary will become much Browder according to Bill Gates. Through “Web Work-style” digital information will alter the way people and customer work, the way commerce is conducted across customer and Big Corporation utilize the boundaries. For Example people will sell their products online, which are not in use or something old, some people will open their own business and successful Corporation will also use web work-style to increase the sale for online customer. To support Bill Gates Theory based on today. There has been a E-Commerce that has going today in this time as he predicted in 21st century people will use more of “web Work-style”; in quote “With the Web, becoming a free agent is no longer limited to athletes, artists, actors, and other big-name professional or creative types. It’s now available to almost every kind of knowledge worker. Already the “free agent” labor pool, including self-employed workers, independent contractors, and workers at temporary agencies, totals about 25 million Americans. One benefit of self-employment is diversification— you’re less likely to be out of work if you have several employers than if you have one. “ (Location 1940) In which it says people sometime in the future will start having business and freelancing would be a common approach to work for a farm or a company. The digital age has increased the business boundaries than any of the time era. Bill gates prediction of Digital era on business boundaries has proven right in real time.
Nowadays a lot of people from different countries do business through E-commerce. Such as EBay is American Multinational Corporation has consumer to consumer, business to consumer and business to business seller which is widely popular in the world. Popular franchises also have put on their production online for customer to buy them. Digital age in this time has bought a lot of advantage to businesses and regular consumers. Bill Gates was never afraid of bad news, matter of fact he embraces them and tries to improve on their products. Best way to do that by Electronic mail from a customer or a staff member; in quote “An essential quality of a good manager is a determination to deal with any kind of bad news head on, to seek it out rather than deny it” (location 2202) denying on bad news would be an affect negatively on company’s reputation. Business should focus on unsatisfied consumers and use technology to collect rich information on their unsatisfied experience base on their products and convert them into a continuous service improvement. To support Bill Gates's point; in quote “In the old days, an organization’s response to bad news was necessarily slow. Business leaders often learned about problems only after they became serious, since the only quick way to pass information was to interrupt them with a phone call. Before handling a problem, people had to dig up information in paper files or go down the hall to find somebody who knew something about the situation.
Once the information was in hand, however late and incomplete, people conferred over the phone or faxed data to each other. Every step in the process was very time-consuming. There was no way to gather scattered anecdotal information to get a complete picture.” (Location 2212) It clearly says how hard it would be just to deliver a descriptive message that hasn’t been understood by one employee to another. Just to deliver a message a person travel far and what if they couldn’t understand what message was from the paper and even with phone in some business circumstances, the employer had to wait till someone picks up the call or the line is engaged, therefore digital system of send email is so much easier where your records and files would be saved and it will be sent in a timely manner .This explains that Digital way of communication can provide more efficient way of the description of circumstances. In which the bad news could turn into a matter of improving the product they are having difficulties and satisfy the customer. Learning from bad news has is a massive advantage in the digital world. Nowadays from small franchises to big corporations have made improvements from customer complains.
Every franchise and corporation has a review page online where they take customers complain as an advice to improve on company’s production. For example a fast food restaurant if a customer complains about a food trough text or email that manager of the store receives it very quickly communicates with his employer to improve on the product. Therefore if the customer comes next time he/she doesn’t have to leave the restaurant unsatisfied. They are using digital tool for reviews and which it has been a major accomplished in today’s world. In today's medical period technology is very crucial. Through the digital nervous system it’s faster and proper information can be sent to the Medical facilities. The law also requires keeping patient’s record in digital form; in quote “The United State government passed legislation requiring the definition of a standard for electronic finance and administrative transactions, including computer-based patient records”(location 4476) In which were helpful for doctor, nurses and EMTs to get information right away and work on the patient’s circumstances. Hospitals also have Encryption technologies that secure patient’s personal information from outside. Technology has effortlessly helped medical field on Gates perspective.
To support his argument on usage technology in medical; in quote “The Microsoft Healthcare Users Group, which with MS-HUG has one of the friendliest acronyms around, is working to create medical applications that use standard Windows component technology and new Internet technology to “plug and play with each other. Better information handling in medical organizations will be a requirement in the future”. (Location 4497) They’re proving that a digital nervous system can make invaluable contributions in all areas of patient care: from emergency services through hospital treatment, patient follow-up and long-term trend analysis. Gates also developed a software called “Trauma Net” that programs to enable information to the paramedic about patient’s data in the ambulance. And through a “Care VISION” program from Health-Vision Corporation has patients information prescription drugs, therefore a Doctors and Pharmacists can be notified of which drug should be eligible for the patient. Technology on medical field has valuable usage in 21st century. To generalize the digital usage in medical field has a great advantage for the residence. For example a Doctor or anybody from the medical department can easily look up information of a patient rather than going through stack of papers which takes a lot of time and effort. Doctor can easily prescript drug for patients based of their medical history. Also it is easy to recognize patients through technology rather than having a pile of paper and mixing information because in old day nurses made mistakes with same named patient, which actually caused serious damage.
Thanks to the successful digital technology, a lot of lives have been saved than before. In digital age academic institution will grow rapidly with pcs. The teachers and students will have the most empowerment in PCs more than any other knowledge worker. His believe is the students are the ultimate knowledge worker because only thing they acquire is knowledge. The teachers will use their knowledge to share their work to student in a new way. In quote “PCs can be a catalyst for reaching the educational goals that parents, educators, and government have set forth, such as collaborative learning, critical thinking, and lifelong learning skills.” (Location 5126) Quote example that a student can receive several kind of knowledge and experience by using PCs. In digital era nothing can be a better gift for a student than a PC. In the digital age we all know that student will be the ultimate knowledge worker in PCs because they are the future.
The teacher should acquire the knowledge of using PCs. In Quote “A PC can be a powerful new teaching tool for teachers coming from the world of blackboards and chalk. Using PowerPoint, for instance, teachers find they can spark kids’ interest in the subject by including photos, film clips, and links to Internet pages.” (Location 5143) It’s very important for teacher to learn how to a use a PC as a Knowledge because they have to pass it down to the students. Now most of the institutions have PCs in classrooms or computer labs than they ever had it before. For students having knowledge on PCs will bring them forward in life maybe of future they might for NASA or IT Corporations, which alter business in a powerful and more efficient. In today's Digital age a student won’t be able to keep up with the world if he/she doesn’t know how to use a PCs. Learning how to work with a PC is a great advantage of today’s modern generation. In 21 century every student and teacher/professor knows extremely knowledge on using PCs. Coding on basic programming or High-Definition multimedia Interface and doing power-point and excels to represent a project or educational curriculum. To survive in 21st century student has to know how to PC. In conclusion, Bill Gates Theory has been proven was proven right Business indeed changed more exponentially within ten year than it had last fifty years. Almost all businesses are using technology to advertisement, electronic commerce, and many more. Almost everyone throughout the world have access to the internet for shopping, social networking and academic reasons. Although digital age has its disadvantages, however its benefits outway the cons. It’s making people’s lives efficient much easier than before. Bill Gates creation has made the world a better place.
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