7CO01: Critically evaluate whether advancing technologies, and particularly artificial intelligence (AI):

Question 2

Critically evaluate whether advancing technologies, and particularly artificial intelligence (AI), will soon destroy a good proportion of existing jobs, leaving many people either unemployed or under-employed. Justify your answer with reference to examples.

LO1 Understand ways in which major, long-term environmental developments are affecting employment, work and people management in organisations.

1.2 Critically evaluate the current and possible future impact of technological trends on working life.

Question 8

Critically discuss the current state of the major labour markets in which your organisation competes for staff in terms of both demand for and supply of skills. Explain whether these labour markets are loosening, tightening or stable. How do you anticipate that this situation may change over the next ten years? Justify your key points with reference to statistics and examples.

LO2 Understand current and short-term developments in the people management business environment.

2.4 Evaluate current developments in the media, technological and economic environments and their significance for people management.

Question 11

Evaluate the current trend for organisations to move from a five-day to a four-day working week without reducing their employees’ pay. Justify your answer with reference to published research and your own thinking in respect of your organisation.

LO3 Understand how change, innovation and creativity can promote improvements in organisational productivity.

3.3 Evaluate theory and practice in the fields of flexible working and organisational resilience.

Question 15

A colleague asks you to recommend how your organisation could make its activities more ‘green’ (i.e. environmentally sustainable). Critically evaluate underpinning theory and practice in this area and make recommendations for your organisation.

LO4 Understand the key interrelationships between organisational commitment to ethics, sustainability, diversity and wellbeing.

4.3 Critically evaluate theory and practice in the fields of corporate social responsibility and sustainable management practices.

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