SOC110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Boc Group, Cellular Differentiation, Fax
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One of the most drastic developments in post-industrial economic institutions. Developments in telecommunications involving the use of digital transmission, involves many workers being physically removed from their primary workplaces fiber optics, and lasers greatly enhanced the ability of people working at various locations to communicate with each other. They have also contributed to the growth of the virtual workforce where attorneys, accountants, buying agents and others are connected to their co- workers, clients, and customers electronically, but not physically. To explain this, boc gases" home office, an multinational manufacturer of industrial gases used to produce semiconductors, is located in murray hill, new. Jersey, just outside of new york invoices available only to select suppliers and customers. On a restricted-access website, boc maintains an online catalog of gases. Boc puts million-dollar orders on its website without any phone calls, faxes or. Managers employed by the murray hill facility need only turn on their home.
