1. Business and Corporate Developments: Developments from 1900 to 2009 regarding the nature of work.

2. 1900 – 1909 1900 – AFL and CIO promote trade agreements with employees 1906 – 1 st Cash Register 1910 – 1919 1919 – 1 st Rotary Dial Telephones 1919 – Industrialized Design presented by Joseph Claude Sinal 1920 – 1929 1921 – 1 st Robot Invented 1926 – 1 st successful trans – Atlantic telephone conversation took place

3. Business and Corporate Developments: Developments from 1900 to 2009 regarding the nature of work. 1930 – 1939 1930 – “Differential Analyzer” or analog computer invented 1937 – Photocopier invented 1940 – 1949 1940 – Modern Color TV 1942 – Digital Computer 1950 -1959 1950 – 1 st Credit Card 1955 – Sealand Industries containerized shipping

4. Business and Corporate Developments: Developments from 1900 to 2009 regarding the nature of work. 1960 – 1969 1962 – Compact Disc (CD) invented 1968 – Random Access Memory (RAM) 1970 – 1979 1971 – Word Processor 1973 – Ethernet (local computer network) 1980 – 1989 1985 – Enron Corporation 1988 – Digital Cell Phones

5. Business and Corporate Developments: Developments from 1900 to 2009 regarding the nature of work. 1990 – 1999 1993 – Pentium Processor 1995 – Java Computer Language 2000 – 2009 2001 – iPod 2004 – Intel Express Chip