Do you think technology helps developing businesses or only distracting them?

Yes. it can help business because it can create a faster logistic of goods to both customer and market.

yes, technology does help to grow a business by helping them to find new ways to promote and present the business with different views.

Overdose of anything and everything is harmful. Technology surely helps us for betterment and fast pace life of the organization. But having a backup plan is always essential, as technology can back-stab during decision making or peak hours. Moreover, technology has mostly assisted for the growth of every organization when used aptly.

Distraction of all kinds can be good as well as bad

Is technology changing, and society along with it? Of course it is — but that doesn’t mean we are becoming worse in some way, or necessarily losing anything crucial. In fact, we are just as likely to be gaining as losing. When Carr made his argument about the distractions of the internet, I had just finished reading a piece that Paul Kedrosky wrote for The Edge collection, in which he argued that one of the things he liked best about the internet and social media was the way in which it bombarded him with random data and content — the way that molecules are bombarded with other particles during quantum research — and that this produced all sorts of wonderful combinations of ideas:

The democratization of connections, collisions and therefore thinking is historically unprecedented. We are the first generation to have the information equivalent of the Large Hadron Collider for ideas. And if that doesn’t change the way you think, nothing will.

Not everyone can consume (or make sense of) quite as many diverse information sources as Kedrosky can, but his point is a good one: the random information flow that we are bathed in when we are online or using social media and devices like smartphones can just as easily be a source of inspiration and creativity as a killer of those things. Why is looking out the window or going for a walk more conducive to reflection than browsing through a friend’s Tumblr stream? I am not against walks or daydreaming — but there are plenty of ways to daydream and think big thoughts, and the shower or the hiking trail is not the only place that happens.

Is there a need for moderation when it comes to phones or the internet or social media? Of course there is, and social norms are developing around those things, just as they developed around the horseless carriage and the telephone and plenty of other modern inventions. One of the devices that has historically drawn the most criticism from scholars and theologians for its corrupting effect on humanity seems to have worked out pretty well — it’s called the book. If we can figure that out, I’m sure we can figure out how to handle cellphones and status updates.

Technology application is better for any business as it helps getting update on movement of business performance. Additional information thus takes management's attention on time to take timely & correct decision.

It helps making business compliant to required law of the land & organisation's policies.

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I can divide this in percentage.

 

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Th importance of technology cannot be denied, because without technology it is not possible to move forward in the current era.

To answer this question, one only need to look back the last few years! How long did it take you to receive the information you now receive in just some few minutes via emails or twitter or WhatsApp etc? How easy was it for you to get to places you've never been to before without asking people but using your GPsystem? How long did it take your secretary then to bring you a "well formatted" document on that old typewriter as opposed to your laptop or desktop computer? Do you remember the number of papers you used to carry way back as compared to the tablet you now take with you everywhere? By the way you can store your information anywhere you choose to (using for example, the cloud) and retrieve it anywhere! These few examples should definitely show you how technology has taken businesses to another level. By the way you should remember you need to attend a meeting with your business partners in New York. You don't need to book an airline. Skype call them from the comfort of your office! TECHNOLOGY!!!

Yes,  because our technology for today is very helpful. We can finished as early as we can using technology.

Its E-world today. Everything has drifted towards tech. It helps business and individuals to do work more quick and better. It saves times.The organizations work documentation improved as a result of technology. Faster and accurate projections could be made .Overall technology improved the value generation process of businesses

Think back to how business was done a few decades ago. There was no email, Internet, mobile marketing, telecommuting or smartphones. Now communications are instantaneous, huge amounts of information move through email and the Internet and powerful tools are in the hands of owners and employees. Innovations in technology have improved operations at companies of all sizes and helped turn small local businesses into global businesses.

I think that technology nowadays is the back bone of any organization. It helps organization to do the businesses more efficiently and productively.