Though computer input is ordinarily done via keyboard, new technology allows a user to communicate with the machine by talking, moving an eyebrow, Puffing, moving a ball by foot, and many other ways. The result is an interaction unimaginable even a few years ago that will continue to expand and adapt. As jobs are reorganized accordingly, job analysis can take a more active role in determining that the possible is realized. The consequences of these developments for job analysis are profound-and largely unrealized. In short, a job today is likely to change tomorrow, and again the day after.
Discrete jobs are likely to break up and be reconstituted.
As a result of office technology, for instance, the personal secretary of yesterday has virtually disappeared. The job is now distributed throughout organizations as well as concentrated in the form of secretarial pools. Of course, this metamorphosis has also had profound effects on other job descriptions throughout the firm. Modern job analysis must not only consider jobs as they now exist, but as they can exist. It is only prudent to forecast jobs of the future.