Business Concepts and Entrepreneurial Discovery

BCS-BE-7: The student utilizes technology in a variety of ways while solving business problem.

Technology Influences Business

________ refers to the tools and machines that people have invented to make life easier.

The most common technology staple in business today is the __________.

The Impact of Telephones

The ________ of the telephone made it possible for people to _________ instantly even if they were hundreds of miles away.

The Impact of Telephones

Cordless ________, cell phones, and radio telephones became useful tools for _______and consumers.

The Impact of Telephones

Cell phones are not just phones—they are small _________.

_________use telephone lines to send images.

Modern Technology

In the past 60 years, _______ devices have __________business and society.

Business and consumers demand smaller, faster, cheaper, and more powerful electronic devices.

Modern Technology

The computer has created a boom in nearly all industries.

_____________(PDAs) let users send e-mail, list contacts, and access the Internet.

Technology and the E-Workforce

According to the Bureau of _____Statistics, the _______ consists of more than 77 million workers.

e-workforcepeople who work with ______ while doing business

Technology and the E-Workforce

Electronic commerce, or ________, allows businesses to reach _________directly anywhere in the world.

e-commerceusing the _________to do business

Employment

New markets have opened up for products such as _________, fax machines, video games, and cell phones.

________ means more jobs and more people learning new skills.

Employment

By switching to a _________, companies use less paper.

digital workflowlinking all the steps in a process _________

Employment

The digital _________means that more people have easier access to a broad range of _________.

Library catalogs and encyclopedias are available in digital format.

Employment

___________can be found everywhere, but especially in these technology centers:

California’s Silicon Valley

New York’s Silicon Alley

Oregon’s Silicon Forest

Austin, Texas’s Silicon Hill

Employment

The Internet has created a demand for:

Software ________

________writers

Web page designers

Employment

Companies post job __________ in several locations:

On their homepage

In newspaper’s online classified section

Internet job services, such as _________