Question

1. In the future, what types of jobs will most likely be automated? What types of jobs are more resistant to automation and why? Explain how technology advances will impact HOW we work.

2. How can self and social awareness help you be successful in your career?

3. Explain how self and social awareness can help you know your personal strengths and limitations and help you be more successful at work

4. Describe how communication strengthens relationships at work and, as a result, increases your productivity.

5. Why is agility an essential skill for remaining competitive at work?

Answer 1

Automation will have both positive and negative effects. On one hand it will improve the efficiency, reduce time to complete job, increase speed and accuracy but on other hand it will result in large scale unemployment as it will replace human labor. But it will also create new type of jobs requiring highly skilled and technically advanced people.

The jobs with the highest chance of being automated include manufacturing and agriculture, as many roles in these industries are already being automated. Robots can easily perform manual labor. They can perform physical and predictable tasks more quickly and efficiently as compared to humans.

The sectors where automation can take place include food preparation, construction, cleaning, driving, agricultural cleaning, clothes manufacturing etc. Automation will help to complete such jobs easily and in less time.

The jobs resistant to automation include those requiring skills like social intelligence, cognitive intelligence and perception and manipulation. For Example A teacher, a healthcare worker, people in hospitality and upper management who have to take complex and important decisions, people in entertainment business like acting, dancing will be least impacted by automation

These professions require a great deal of empathy, social perceptiveness, and cognitive intelligence and robots cannot master these skills easily.

Affect on Technology advances

Pros

• It will work more speedy, accurate and efficient completion with less time.
• Saving of time, energy and even money as less human may have to employed.
• Ease of doing work as work can be handled from home without going to office.
• It will result in more connectivity.

Cons

• Huge loss of human employment and income of people.
• It will make people lazy and careless.
• If technology fails or is prone to errors , or if it requires more advancement then it will require additional Investment
• Loss of human talent, compassion, personal attention , human feelings etc.

To conclude to some extent automation is justified but too much dependency on it will only result in disappointment. After all only humans have made robots. This signifies that human brain and skills are far more superior.