Are robots contributing in eliminating jobs?

Are robots contributing in eliminating jobs?

Introduction

Technology has made workplaces more information dependent in order to operate machines (e.g., robots, aircraft) for quality control and for decision making about inventory management and tracking distribution of products shipped. Employees at all levels of the organization have greater access to information and greater opportunities to make work decisions. For some jobs, computers have given employees more autonomy in their work. For others, the need for continuous data entry to computers and monitoring them to meet customers' needs has imposed a new form of assembly line. In some cases, employees ...