How has technology made changes in different sectors?

1. How has technology made
changes in different sectors?
Business Studies
Ch. 12 - Technology
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2. Primary Sector
• Extracting raw materials directly from the Earth for
consumption or sale, e.g. coal, wood, iron and corn
• The types of workers in this sector include farmers,
coal miners and hunters

3. • Technology helps the way in which raw materials
are collected
Farming : http://modernfarmer.com/2014/02/10-silicon-valley-agriculture-start-ups/
; http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment
Mining : http://www.mining-technology.com ;
http://www.maneyonline.com/loi/mnt
combine harvester
Fishing :
http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2011/finalwebsite/problem/present/tech.s
html ; http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/8/1499.full
Fishing net

4. Advantages Disadvantages
Higher efficiency
(less time consuming, increase
production)
Pollution
(affect people health)
Can collect raw materials in all
seasons
(e.g. green house for farming)
Damage the environment
(kill animals and insects, affect the
food chain)

5. Secondary sector
• Transforming raw materials into goods, e.g. wood
being made into furniture, steel being made into cars or
textiles being made into clothes
• The types of workers in this sector include a
seamstress, factory worker or craftsmen.

6. • Using computer-aided design (CAD) and
manufacture (CAM)during manufacturing
process
CAD
• Using manufacturing technology (machines)
during manufacturing process
Example :
A bakery which uses automated temperature
censors to detect any drop or increase in room
temperature in a bakery
Example :
Textiles being designed and made into clothes

7. Advantages Disadvantages
Higher efficiency
(less time consuming, increase
production)
More energy is being used
More accurate products are
being made
(manufacturing processes are made by
machines)
More machine intensive
(people become lazy)
Less jobs provided
(duties can be done by machines)
Safety risks

8. Tertiary sector
• Supplying of services to consumers and businesses,
e.g. retail, sales, transportation and restaurants
• The types of workers in this sector include
restaurant bartenders, accountants and pilots

9. • Using Microsoft etc. to record and analyse
information / data
• Using internet to sell goods and services

10. Advantages Disadvantages
Flexible working hours
(increase production through online,
e.g. e-bay, amazon,banking)
High maintenance costs
(expensive to purchase computers and
maintain)
Improve data storage and files
management
(can access data any time any where,
e.g.dropbox, iCloud)
Makes employees lazy
(most tasks are automated by
technology, technology kills their
creativity and skills)
Less mistakes are being made Risky
(data security)