Overcoming High-Tech Anxiety - Thriving in a Wired World (Hardcover, 1st ed)

Goldberg presents a framework to help you learn how to adjust your existing skills and abilities to suit a digital world and how to build new ones. Six key areas are discussed that help you understand the changes brought about by technology, and the book discusses the context for the changes as well as giving practical advice for making progress. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to make the most of the technology that surrounds them. (Kirkus UK)

High-level technology has forever changed-and continues to change-the way we work and the skill sets we need to succeed in our careers. So whether you're growing your own business, looking for a promotion, or changing jobs, chances are you'll have to master a new skills along the way. For those of us who weren't born with a computer in our hands, keeping up with constant technological advances can seem overwhelming. But adjusting to the new world of work that technology has created is much easier than it appears. This book gives all of us the tools we need to thrive in the information age.
Beverly Goldberg sifts through the high-tech hyperbole and provides a context for understanding the new computer and communication
systems that connect us in so many intimidating and exciting ways. She then presents a six-step action plan for accepting the new state of constant change, coming to grips with the ways it has transformed the workplace, and mastering the skills we need for success.
By altering our attitudes about change and providing step-by-step guidelines for building our skills, she eases the anxiety many of us feel about the future. She shows how to gather the knowledge necessary to comprehend the new technologies critical to our specific jobs. She explains how to acquire the technical skills we need now and anticipate those we will need in the future. She demonstrates ways to use networks to connect with people who can give us help when we need it and to build trusting business relationships on-line. And she teaches us how to reinvent ourselves continually and prepare for twenty-first century careers.
With tip sheets that identify specific actions to take and aconcluding chapter that anticipates the road ahead, Overcoming High-Tech Anxiety provides the support, guidance, and practical advice we all need to stay up to speed.

General

Imprint:	Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Beverly Goldberg
Dimensions:	226 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7879-1022-8
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General
LSN:	0-7879-1022-8
Barcode:	9780787910228

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