- Assessment Task
You will conduct a review of the literature in the subject area of Automation. Specifically, you are to identify the origins of the concept of the Technological Unemployment and to chart its development up to the present day.
Following your review, you are to critically evaluate the impact of Technological Unemployment on a company of your choice.
You will be expected to illustrate your discussion with examples from the trade press and other authoritative sources.
Assessment Breakdown
Establish the scenario for your report by selecting an organisation of any type, sector and size to focus your report on. Describe:
a) Which organisation is it? (type, sector and size)
b) What are the main products and/or services provided by the organisation?
c) Who are the main customers?
(10% of word count) which will be 200-220 words
Prepare a literature review, charting the development of the concept of Technological Unemployment from its inception until the present day.
Ensure that you include references to at least 10 peer-reviewed articles, including the 2016 paper by Frey and Osborne that has been supplied. You may also find relevant reviews in the trade press and from other authoritative sources.
(45% of word count) which will be 900-990 words
Apply Frey and Osborne’s findings (Appendix A) in the context of your chosen company (Attached).
Consider a low impact scenario, when only jobs at high risk (> 70%) are replaced
by technology. How will the company change?
(45% of word count) which will be 900-990 words
