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State if you agree or disagree with comment on the discussion statement below and why? If a question is posed in the initial statement, the questions will not count as part of the comment. A general like or dislike for the statement will not be counted as part of the word requirement. All comments and questions are to be civil in nature.

Is enterprise resource planning (ERP) and shared services a good thing or a knife to the backs of public servants?

Ohio faced very difficult economic times during the recession of 2007 and laid off over 4500 public employees in order to save money. They instituted shared services to save money, so that individual services and departments could combine common resources at a lower cost. This idea does save a lot of money, time, and efforts for operations that were provided by human labor. The cost isn't in money but in jobs for people that was given to technology under the guise of cost-savings. For every computer that now processes a travel voucher or payroll expense, a public servant goes without rent, food, child care, and money to spend in the economy. Another cost can be found in employment experience and promotion. People who once learned how to perform these functions that a computer now does cannot take that experience and grow or transfer out of public service into the greater economy. It is evident from the case study that combining services and making the once human labor into technology has cost thousands of people jobs, retirements, and innovation for the state of Ohio. Computers cannot innovate, they can only do what humans tell them to do, therefore without people, job systems cannot change, only go on and on.

Explanation / Answer

The case study in question is a classic example of the rule of the jungle, 'Survival of the fittest'.

What has been experienced in Ohio is the case everywhere, where machines have replaced humans.Such jobs where a machine can do it repititively , jobs which are mundane and mechanical in nature and which do not require a human touch will most definitely be replaced by machines.

It is our responsibility as humans to rise above the machines, be ingenious and make use of our brains to develop skills and form enterprises from the experiences that we garner which are not replacable by machines. It is our biggest strength that we made the machines to do jobs where our abilities are not used or stretched fullest. We should not now cry foul in this game of survival.

This era where the threat to loose jobs is not from another one like us but from someone who will do what is fed to it without any emotions and stress and in process give an efficient and more effective output will anyday be preferred by job givers.

It is time for another evolution of human race where the drudgery and monotonous existence will have to give way for proving our worth and carve our niche and promote our uniqueness.

I have tried to give my viewpoint on the case study. It can have multifaceted impressions and views. I hope my answer is to your expectations.

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