The Cusp Of Change
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The document contrasts attributes of the Industrial Age and Information Age across several categories: The Industrial Age focused on top-down control, specialization, and stability while the Information Age values flexibility, customization, and open communication. Key differences include centralized versus decentralized organization, annual reports versus real-time sharing, and reluctance versus embrace of change. Overall, the Industrial Age structure has given way to a more pluralistic, global, and investor-driven model in the Information Age.
The Cusp Of Change
- 1. The cusp of change Information Age vs. Industrial Age:
- 2. Industrial Age Food Slaves/serfs-Hierarchies One-piece customization Agricultural Age Information Age Extended Family Religion Reasoning Food & Stuff Employees-Bureaucracies Assembly Line Nuclear Family Experimental Science Statistical Analysis Global Family Phenomenology Connectivity Food, Stuff & Knowledge Partners & Teams Individualization
- 3. Attributes Budget Perspective Authority Information Sharing Education Organization Change
- 4. Industrial Age Budget Stay on budget Spend or lose Reduce overhead Reduce costs Investments
- 5. Industrial Age Perspective Scientific Method Assembly Line Mass Production Central Control Nationalism
- 6. Industrial Age Authority Top Down Charismatic Money is Power Need to Know Fragmentation of Tasks Authority Vested in Supervisor
- 7. Industrial Age Information Sharing Tracked Specialization 3 R’s Annual report End of line quality Control
- 8. Industrial Age Education Melting Pot Factory Workers 3 r’s Public Education Common Language Classed Society of Europe
- 9. Industrial Age Organization Hiring specialized people Insider Military command and control Multitiered layers of management Advancement by seniority
- 10. Industrial Age Change If it ain’t broke, don’t Fix it Retooling fixed automation Long production runs Training minimal for line workers specialized for craft workers Status Quo Do it by the Numbers
- 11. Information Age Perspective Phenomenological Idea map decentralized customized Pluralism…flexible Global Perspective
- 12. Information Age Budget Seek investment bankers Provide customized services On line Quality Control Future employee preparation profitability
- 13. Information Age Information Sharing Salad Bowl Open lines for communication – Internet People who can continuously learn Multiculturalism – Multiple Intelligences Equal opportunity through effort “ It takes a community…”
- 14. Information Age Organization Investor driven Flexible Customer Feedback Labor-management cooperation Workforce is an investment Work teams Advancement by skills
- 15. Information Age Education Broad education programs Charter Schools School Vouchers On-Line education, Distance Ed. Real world learning Business adaptations
- 16. Information Age Change Positive Response Part of the Natural Order Flexible Employee Updating Essential to renewal and vitality
- 17. Information Age Authority Empowerment Ideas are top-down or bottom-up Climate conducive to integration Critical Thinkers Multiskilled employees Shared Vision
- 18. Industrial Age vs. Information Age Perspective Budget Authority Information Sharing Education Organization Change