Bussiness Employment

Discuss the questions below after the research

The Effects on Employment by Word Processing & Desk Top Publishing
Word processing and Desktop Publishing (DTP) applications are used more often by more people every day than any other type of computer application. The basic skills used in word processing and DTP programs are also used in one way or another in most other kinds of software.
　
The past and present of publishing - what will be the future?
This web site has everything you ever wanted to know about typewriters (but were afraid to ask)
Here's another site with way too much information about old typewriters
This page has nice pictures of old typewriters
OK on with the work...
Start by reading Computer Confluence pages 126 - 133
Then do some research on Word Processing and DTP. The links below will get you started.
In Graphic Detail:
A beginner's guide to desktop publishing (DTP) for organizations without graphic design staff (April 07, 2003)http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?articleid=477

How Do You Do Desktop Publishing? - DTP Q & Ahttp://desktoppub.about.com/cs/beginners/a/how_dtp.htm

Everybody's a Designer - but are we saving money?http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/2003/2003article10.htm

Desktop Publishing: Quality tool, or an aid to mediocrity?http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/8800/8809article4.htm

Desk Top Publishing: Should You Do It In-House or Have It Done Outside?http://www.kirwood.com/copywriting/inorout.htm

Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2003. http://www.britannica.com/ ( 2 Feb 2003 ).
Dead medium: Typesetters: a Dead Class of Media

Workershttp://www.deadmedia.org/notes/40/406.html
Desktop Publishing and Your Business By Melanie L. Drake

Desktop Publishing is Neitherhttp://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrwizard/web/dtp.html

Then answer the questions below:

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  Describe two possible economic effects of the development of word processes and DTP on business. [4 marks]
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  Identify three benefits of using a professional publishing company and three benefits of using DTP software to publish a realty company's monthly magazine.[6 marks]
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  Discuss the effects on jobs like typesetters and offset printers when DTP was introduced into workplaces. [8 marks]
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  Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of introducing WP and DTP into the workplace. [10 marks]

Portfolio Extension

Develop the plan for your portfolio extension. Date entries should be included for my follow up . A copy of the plan should be submit to me for followup. Take into account the deadlines.

a) Name the title of the portfolio to be extended.

b) List atleast four the stakeholders to be interviewed. State their ages, profession, place to interview and date expected to interview Discuss with your classmate why you need to interview them

c) Develop at least 15 open ended questions for each stakeholder.


Below is the structure that will assist work on your extension

• Criterion N - Discussion and analysis of the interview
  N (a): Generally, how do the results of the interview compare with the issues raised in the Portfolio piece?
  Was there general agreement or disagreement by the interviewee(s)?
  
  N (b): Make a comparison between some of the interviewee’s opinions and those discussed in the Portfolio piece
  
  N (c): Why did the interviewee have these opinions?
  What is the interviewee’s stake in the issue (what stakeholder are they)?
  
  Checklist Criterion N
  a) Do the issues discussed relate to issues flagged in Criterion C or Criterion D?
  b) Have all interviews been discussed?
  c) Have interview responses been analysed (eg similarities and differences)?
  
  
  Criterion O - Reflection on the interview
  O (a): Make a comparison between 1 issue from the Portfolio piece and what the interviewee said about the same issue.
  
  O (b): Make a comparison between 1 issue from the Portfolio piece and what the interviewee said about the same issue.
  
  O (c): Make a comparison between 1 issue from the Portfolio piece and what the interviewee said about the same issue.
  
  O (d): Construct a personal reflection on these three comparisons.
  Now that you have more opinions about the issues, could it still be solved using your suggested solution in the Portfolio piece?
  
  Checklist Criterion O
  a) Have the interview responses been related to the Portfolio research?
  b) Is there extensive reflection and has one new idea been established?
  
  
  Criterion P - Projection of broader implications from the interview and portfolio research
  P (a): In light of the results of the interview(s), what changes could be made to the system to make it viable?
  
  P (b): Make a future projection in relation to either i) the increase or decrease in impact of the issue or ii) any new issues that may arise.
  
  Checklist Criterion P
  a) Is there projection of implications from both Portfolio and Interview(s)?
  b) Are projections new ideas that have not been stated in the Portfolio or Interviews?