Introduction
One of the most dynamic aspects of this world is technology, this is the science that human beings use to make work easier, develop new products, and refine natural products to add value. All this is aimed at making sure that man enjoys anything better, anything within his reach. Technology is very dynamic and keeps on changing every day with new and newer innovations. This has a very big impact on human beings and their careers; it has changed the management and running of almost all spheres of the world. The impacts felt out of technology are both positive and negative. This study will take a deeper insight into the impact technology has dealt the Retail stores, Medicine, and Education.
Impact of Technology in Education careers
Education is the art that imparts knowledge to the human race, for the sake of survival, advancement, and continuity; it can be termed as the epicenter of all technologies, innovations, and human development. Careers in education generally rotate around the transmission of knowledge through means of channels that can either be technologically supported or can be done with little infuse of technology (Oak 1). The salaries for educationists vary greatly among practitioners depending on the level they teach as well as on subjects. The pay rate per hour ranges between $24.30 for elementary instructors to $39.80 for university education professors (Education America 1). One of the biggest inventions in the world that has a direct impact on educational careers is the computer; with the internet, it is now easier to access information interactively, on a web page there are very many items that would make any reader keep on to that page. To search for certain information one just needs to enter the information that is being sought and a huge database will be availed and which makes it very easy for the information seeker. This is more advantageous because the info seeker will be able to compare various sources and that enables one to come up with very concrete facts. This technology has changed the way education is conducted. Universities have embraced this technology and thousands across the world can advance their education. This system compels all teaching staff to be well above computer literate. The educator has a lesser workload. Since almost all information is available online, issues of morals and the amount of time spent by those within education professions have been an issue of great concern. Many within these careers are akin to spending considerable time of productive hours doing social networking online, denying them a chance to interact actively on a face-to-face basis with their students. It is unethical to use a mobile phone while teaching.
Impact of technology on Medicine
Medicine is another branch of human science that has existed from time immemorial, human beings have always sought solutions and remedies to any difficult situation that they may find themselves in. The human body is always under constant threat from parasites, bacteria, viruses, and many other microorganisms that bring discomfort to the body in form of illness. Human beings have been on a constant warpath with this microorganism and thus there has been an increased need for advanced technology that will aid the human race to fight disease. The biggest pie of this technology lies in hospitals where issues like looking inside the body is now a reality, some machines can scan the body and help identify a source of the problem. A brain or heart operation can be done without opening the skull or the chest. Babies have been made in test tubes implanted into the uterus and delivered normally. It is not only the hospitals, who have embraced the technology, in Britain an ordinary patient expects the state of the art technology to be used in treatment, to some patients if these state of art machines are not used, but they also view this as an act of negligence and lack of ethics. This however does not apply to just any other technology but it is only to the tested ones, the ones that are known to have worked. New technologies are received with lots of apprehensions. There is the fear of risks and side effects and the consequences. This makes their spread and uses quite sluggish (Symonds 1). Cloning is another technology that is used in science and medicine as a way of understanding human gene development to fight some illnesses and conditions that occur in human beings. There are three types of cloning, Recombinant DNA technology is a molecular process where chromosomes, yeast, and bacteria cells are generated. The second form of cloning is the reproductive one whereby, technology is used to generate an animal, genetic material is extracted from the nucleus of a donor adult cell and put to an egg. Then they are treated with electric waves and later transferred to a uterus. There it develops until a normal birth. (U.S DEOS 1) The third form of cloning is therapeutic cloning also called embryo cloning, here human embryos are developed for research purposes, and stem cells are harvested and used for bio-medical research. In America, the highest-paid medical practitioner is an anesthesiologist who earns 251,524$, a physician earns 149,541$, a Dentist, 122, 878, $ general surgeon 229,362$ while the lowest-earning is a pediatrician with 221, 960$. This is a career that America has invested heavily in by hiring foreign practitioners. It is unethical for a doctor to use a mobile phone while attending to a patient. One of the biggest risks in technology is a technical failure in a crucial machine which can lead to death.
Impact of technology on Retail Stores
Retail stores and retail businesses have for a long period grappled with how best to manage their cash flow. Handling cash is tempting and also a very tricky affair. With the onset of retail technology, there has been an almost complete makeover in this sector. Credit and debit cards have come to replace cash; this has made shopping easier and more relaxed since no security worries of having liquid cash with you. Since most of these cards are acceptable in many parts of the world, international travel is hustle-free, a traveler will access services and goods from anywhere in the world simply by using a credit or debit card. On the security aspect, both the retailer and the buyer are safer. Companies have embraced the use of vending machines, this is stocked and placed in some strategic positions in the market, since they are unmanned they write off the cost of labor and hence more gains to the retailer. On the same line in many countries parking tickets are issued by automated machines this increases efficiency and also reduces the wage bill by a big margin. Internet is one development that has significantly changed the face of the retail business, no one can buy goods and services online and pay for them online. Retail outlets have also benefitted immensely from technology, at the till a computerized system works, all prices are on the bar code and the cashier just directs a laser ray on the barcode and the price of the item is fed to the system. This saves time and also helps the retailer in cash consolidation. Human beings will always be apprehensive of new ideas, many people feared that technology will lead to job losses but in the real sense, technology leads to the opening of new job opportunities. Remuneration in the retail market is much lower compared to medicine the highest-earning retail store manager gets 70,476$ while the lowest-paid gets 40,216$,
America is a big employer and in these three careers which are low-risk careers, there are opportunities locally or in the export market
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