Integrated Professional Skills in the Digital Age

Integrated Professional
Skills in the Digital Age

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Comparison and contrast between positive and negative aspects of services and products
being sold online and offline.......................................................................................................1
Tools available to keep passwords and manage challenges with online accounts......................3
Discuss track and trace apps for different mobile platforms and how they function, then
compare and contrast their features, applications, suitability that added value to the society....5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Integrated professional skills in the digital age is a necessity as the market is dynamic and
keeps on changing so an individuals needs specific skills so that it can be beneficial in the long
run for the person as well as the company (Blaschke, 2018). In this report there is an explanation
of positive and negative factors of the products and services that are being sold through the
platform of online and offline. The tools that are used to keep and manage the passwords
efficiently are also included. Further the apps that are planned and developed for different mobile
platforms to track and trace are explained briefly in this report.
MAIN BODY
Comparison and contrast between positive and negative aspects of services and products being
sold online and offline.
Online businesses produce most of their sales through online sources. For example
involves online discount brokerages, retailers providing consumer goods or music downloading
services. The high-speed communication and safe data transfer technologies has allowed online
ventures to produce profitability. Offline businesses are the businesses which work on the
traditional methods which involves serving customers at physical locations like retail stores and
restaurants. When people provide services or goods they have to examine offline vs. online data
in the field the deal in and looks for potential of local customers based on the need of making
best location of customers choice.
New trends and technologies has revolutionized the way of shopping. With this numerous
positive and negative impacts are seen amongst the people these days who prefer buying things
online. The positive impacts are as follows:
 Convenience- People are more satisfied with the shopping when they can shop according
to their preferences and times. Some people might like to buy products early in the
morning well some would like to shop at midnight (Darmawan, 2020). Purchasing things
from online shops gives them opportunity to shop any time that is within 24/7. At online
platforms a person can buy e-books, home appliances and what not.
 Better prices- It is biggest positive point of online shopping platforms that the prices and
deals are available because products are directly sold from manufacturer to buyer without
involvement of middlemen. In addition to this people can save tax as well, this happens
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because online shops are required to collect sales tax only if they have any physical
location.
After discussing positive points there are some negative impacts of online shopping:
 Environmental impact of packaging and gas- To provide best services online
companies try to use several layers of plastic and cardboard packagings as they want to
sustain in competitive market (Encalada and Sequera, 2019). But this things impact the
environment as plastic is not disposable component and the recyclable cardboards also
create unnecessary waste in environment.
 Time consumption- Online platforms do provide all products at one stop with many
varieties and options which can be chosen by people. But, to chose one or two things an
individual has to scroll hundreds of products which takes time and many times it may
happen that after putting such efforts customer ends up buying nothing. In addition to this
one has to look at computer screen all time which might get burnt out. In other words,
internet is a good place to visit of shopping but individual can not live there.
To comparison of online and offline shopping patterns, the advantages and disadvantages
of online shopping has been discussed clearly now the same for offline ventures are discussed
below. The advantages of offline shopping are as follows:
 Goods can be checked instantly- The biggest profit of offline shopping is that goods
can be checked at the time of purchase and there is less scope of getting disappointed
with anything about the product. An individual can have a look at the products which
are liked and then see the quality and physical structure of products.
 Personal touch- Offline shopping gives chance to individuals to interact with the
person selling the products and get the information of the same. Were as the person who
is providing the products can give personal touch to people who will go to but the
products. It builds good relation and trust between people and makes the purchasing
process easy and quick. In other words lack of personal touch and understanding about
the wants of consumers and their preferences can lead to discomfort for people.
 Instant purchase- While offline shopping a person do not have to wait for days to use
and get the product. Once the product is chosen and it is final that it will be purchased
then the person can make payment and take it to home (Huda, 2019). In addition to this
if the person has any problem, the product can be changed or get the refund instantly.
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