Airtasker: Disruptive Technology and Professional Development Analysis

This report examines Airtasker as a disruptive technology business operating in Melbourne, focusing on its impact on professional development. It identifies Airtasker's customers as both task posters and bidders, highlighting the platform's role in connecting them. The report also discusses Airtasker's challenges to existing businesses and dilemmas it poses to the community, such as inconsistent service quality. Proposed solutions include stricter guidelines for selecting bidders to ensure competence. The analysis considers the pros and cons of Airtasker, noting its ease of use and global reach but also its security concerns and limited applicability to literate users. The report suggests improvements through enhanced software security and concludes that Airtasker, despite its flaws, has a significant role in the market by filling existing gaps. Desklib offers a wealth of similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

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Introduction
A disruptive innovation or technology is an innovation that seeks to create a totally new
market and by so doing it totally disrupts an existing market (Jimoyiannis, 2010 p.35). It is
important to note that not all innovations are disruptive and many times these disruptive
innovations and technologies are often produced by outside rather than the already existing
market leading companies. This report aims at looking at one disruptive technology business
operating in Melbourne, who the customers might be and what the company provides for them
among other things.
a). The disruptive technology business you have selected and how it operates in Melbourne
The disruptive technology business I have selected is Airtasker. Airtasker is a common
business disruptive technology in Melbourne. It basically provides an online/mobile market place
where various users are provided with a platform to outsource various tasks each day they want
(Moon, 2013 p.67). These users just describe the nature of the tasks they want to be performed
and therein they indicate the budget they have for that particular task. From this information
provided, various community members bid to complete the task.
b). Who the customers might be and what this company provides for them
The customers for Airtasker are both the random community members who bid the
various tasks and the users who place those tasks in that platform. Airtasker just plays the role of
providing that platform where various individuals can place tasks to be outsourced while others
bid for those tasks. Basically, Airtasker is a great component and provides its customers with the
right platform they need (Meier, 2012 p.87).

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c). Who may be considered as employees and what the company provides for them and for
people who operate under its name
Airtasker has no specific group of employees rather it is the persons who work in various
sections for this particular disruptive technology business. Having stated that, we see that some
of the employees of Airstaker comprises of engineers, designers and other technicians/experts
who work day in and day out to ensure the success of this disruptive business technology.
Airtasker provides these employees with an opportunity to realize their career dreams by
providing them the required resources to make the world a better place, a place where various
persons would be valued and recognized with their skills and knowledge (Blair & Jansen, 2012
p.137).
d). What challenges this company poses to existing businesses and any dilemmas this
business poses for the wider community
Airtasker has posed a really great challenge to the existing businesses. With Airtasker
coming to play, it has revolutionized the way of doing things and the existing related businesses
have been totally out shinned (Darling-Hammond & McLaughlin, 2011 p.99). Airtasker has been
the limelight in Melbourne for quite some time now. In the case where one wants any of his/her
tasks to be done then Airtasker has been the only solution.
However, there are some tremendous dilemmas that Airtasker has posed to the wider
community. A lot of people not only in Melbourne but also the entire Australia have depended so
much on Airtasker. For quite some time though, Airtasker has not been in a position to
maximally satisfy its customers. People all Melbourne have been complaining. For instance, the

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persons bidding the various tasks do not show up and when they do show up, then it is always
very late. This really inconveniences some people.
Moreover, there are always some complications, some tradesman is highly rated but in real sense
they are not good at producing the required/expected results.
e). What possible solutions can your group recommend to address the dilemmas that you
have identified and considered
Based on the challenges mentioned above, it is the duty of Airtasker to take the
appropriate action so as to minimize the cases of incompetence among the persons who bid.
They should have like some kind of guidelines that should guide them in the selection of
appropriate persons to bid these various tasks.
f). Summary of your consideration of the pros and cons of this disruptive technology
Pros of Airtasker
Airtasker has the following advantages;
There are no currency exchange fees
Connects customers to services they need across the world no matter where they are
Incredibly easy to use and understand
Simple and instant
Cons of Airtasker

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It is not that much secure/reliable
Only applicable to literate people
g). Explanation of where you think your group could contribute to extending, improving or
enhancing this business
My group could play an important role towards contributing to improving this business
by simply developing much secure software/logarithm that could be used to ensure the safety of
customer’s information in regard to their ratings once they have successfully completed their
various tasks (Jimoyiannis, 2011 p.123).
h). Discussion of how you would pitch your ideas to request funding from this business
Our idea of installing software/logarithms into this piece of technology will be a very
advantageous to Airtasker. We would therefore try to convince the technical team of Airtasker
into implementing our ideas since it would grab them so many customers.
Conclusion
Airtasker is a disruptive business technology that has a very good place into the market.
(Blandford, 2012 p.67).It can be used to fill the existing gap that already exists in the market.
Like all disruptive businesses, Airtasker has a role to play on the market.

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