Application Exercise 2:Technology: Is Business Ready for Wearable Computers?

1. Wearables have the potential to change the way organizations and workers conduct business.

Discuss the implications of this statement.

2. What management, organization, and technology issues would have to be addressed if a company was thinking of equipping its workers with a wearable computing device?

3. What kinds of businesses are most likely to benefit from wearable computers?

Select business and describe how a wearable computing device could help that business improve operations or decision making.