1. Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Business Plug-In B12 Global Trends (on OLC)

2. B12-2 LEARNING OUTCOMES 1.Identify the trends that will have the greatest impact on future business. 2.Identify the technologies that will have the greatest impact on future business. 3.Explain why understanding trends and new technologies can help an organization prepare for the future.

3. B12-3 REASONS TO WATCH TRENDS Organizations anticipate, forecast, and assess future events using a variety of rational, scientific methods including: –Trend Analysis –Trend Monitoring –Trend Projection –Computer Simulation –Historical Analysis

4. B12-4 THE WORLDS POPULATION WILL DOUBLE OVER THE NEXT 40 YEARS In contrast, developed and industrialized countries are expected to see fertility rates decrease below population replacement levels Potential business impact: –Global agriculture will be required to supply as much food as has been produced during all of human history to meet needs over the next 40 years –Developed nations will find that retirees will have to remain on the job to remain competitive –Developed nations will begin to increase immigration limits

5. B12-5 PEOPLE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE LIVING LONGER On average, each generation in the United States lives three years longer than the previous Potential business impact: –Global demand for elderly products and services will grow quickly in the coming decades –The cost of health care is destined to skyrocket –Pharmaceutical companies will be pushed for advances in geriatric medicine

6. B12-6 KNOWLEDGE-DEPENDENT GLOBAL SOCIETY Potential business impact: –Top managers must be computer-literate to retain their jobs and achieve success –Knowledge workers are generally higher paid and their proliferation is increasing overall prosperity –Entry-level and unskilled positions are requiring a growing level of education –Information now flows from front-office workers to higher management for analysis –Downsizing, restructuring, reorganization, outsourcing, and layoffs will continue

7. B12-7 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS BECOMING MORE INTEGRATED Internet users numbered about 500 million worldwide in 2003, 1 billion in 2005, and are growing by 6% monthly Potential business impact: –Demand for personnel in distant countries will increase the need for foreign language training and employee incentives suited to other cultures –Ebusiness and the Internet will reduce the cost of doing business –The Internet will allow small companies to compete with worldwide giants with relatively little investment

8. B12-8 THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY ARE DOMINATED BY TECHNOLOGY Potential business impact: –New technologies provide dozens of new opportunities to create businesses and jobs –Automation will continue to decrease the cost of products and services, making it possible to reduce prices while improving profits –Demand for scientists, engineers, and technicians will continue to grow

9. B12-9 PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IS INCREASING 50% of what students learn in their freshman year of college is obsolete, revised, or taken for granted by their senior year All of todays technical knowledge will represent only 1 percent of the knowledge that will be available in 2050 Potential business impact: –Shortened time-to-market for products and services –Tighter competition based on new technologies

10. B12-10 TIME IS THE WORLDS MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITIES Potential business impact: –Companies must take an active role in helping their employees balance their work and lives –Stress-related problems affecting employee morale and wellness will continue to grow –Use of the Internet will continue to grow as the time to perform activities, such as shopping at a mall, evaporates

11. B12-11 DIGITAL INK Digital Ink (or electronic ink)Refers to technology that digitally represents handwriting in its natural form Potential business impact: –Digital ink can be used in many applications –RadioPaperDynamic high-resolution electronic display that combines a paperlike reading experience with the ability to access information anytime, anywhere

12. B12-12 DIGITAL PAPER Digital Paper (or electronic paper)Any paper that is optimized for any type of digital printing The major difference between paper produced from a tree and paper produced in a laboratory is that information on a digital paper sheet can be altered thousands of times and not degrade over time Potential business impact: –Paperlike displays will replace newspapers, magazines, and books –The idea is environmentally sound

13. B12-13 TELELIVING TelelivingRefers to using information devices and the Internet to conduct all aspects of life seamlessly Potential business impact: –Virtual Assistant (VA) A small program stored on a PC or portable device that monitors e-mails, faxes, messages, and phone calls. VAs will mimic real assistants helping individuals solve problems.

14. B12-14 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES Wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and other alternative energy sources will account for 30 percent of all energy use Potential business impact: –China, Asia, India, South America, and Russia are modernizing their economies, which increases their needs for energy –Cost of alternative energy sources is decreasing –Deregulation of the energy industry is expected to increase innovation and foster a wide variety of new energy sources –Oil will remain the most important energy source

15. B12-15 AUTONOMIC COMPUTING Autonomic Computing A self-managing computing model named after, and patterned on, the human bodys autonomic nervous system Potential business impact: –Autonomic computing will be used in complex IT infrastructures for security, storage, network management, and redundancy/failover –Computers will monitor components and fine-tune workflows –Autonomic computers will be able to self-heal –Autonomic computers will be able to self-protect