The acquisition of knowledge, the collection of experiences and the processing of information will be the biggest challenges facing academia, business and government over the next three to ten years. John Naisbitt identified a trend in communications in the 1980's that would be defining the future of the workforce as an information society. He envisioned by 2000, an environment in which information would be shared electronically, allowing workers to collaborate from remote locations and participate as outside consultants. He also predicted that the future work place would be less authoritarian in nature, and that employees would be less likely to remain in an organization that didn't have their best interests in mind. People not only would feel justified in moving from one job to the next, but also from changing careers, as many as four times. To support this kind of movement, from both an employee's and the business's perspective, advancements in day one preparation and continuing professional development must be achieved.
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