In addition to locator and paging devices, all managers are given fax machines and personal computers for their homes. These are connnected at all times. Cellular telephones are provided to selected employees who commute for more than half an hour or for use while traveling. Instant communication is vital in today's international ecenomy. The global market does not function only from 9 to 5.
Modern technology can greatly increase productivity by ensuring instant access and communication.
Periodic disruptions to vacations or sleep are a small price to pay for the tremendous gains to be won in worldwide competition. DS employees share in these gains. Great companies have always unleashed the power of new technology for the social welfare, even in the face of criticism. During the first industrial revolution, such beloved novelists as Charles Dickens sincerely opposed the strictures of mass production. In time, however, most of the employees who benefited from the wealth created by new factories and machines came to take progress for granted and preferred the modern factory to traditional craft methods.