Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You tell her you can introduce computers and keep everyone's jobs.
You tell Veronica that you don't recommend using computers to get rid of jobs. They are simply used to make people's jobs easier. She looks at you incredulously.
"Well, then, what would I hire you for? What's more efficient about having the same amount of workers working the same number of hours and giving them fancy computers that we had to shell out big bucks for?" she asks.
You get up to leave and smile at the workers. "I've probably saved your jobs," you think. You glance back at Veronica, who is flipping through the telephone directory looking for another consultant.
Automation consultants must be decisive, says Steve Thomas. He is an automation consultant. "You're always having to choose between alternatives," he says. "Do want to go with NT? Do you want to go with Novell? Or are you going with a wired network system, a dial-up network system, a wireless bridge?"
And the consequences of an error can be costly since hardware and software changes can be rather expensive. "You can spend a lot of money on stuff that doesn't work," he says.