BACKGROUND: Many studies have reported that multitasking reduces the productivity by 40 to 50 percent. Experts suggest that a company loses an average of 2 hours every day in employee productivity when employees multitask and also lowers their intelligence quotients by ten points. This is because switching from one task to another makes it difficult to tune out distractions and can cause mental blocks that can slow down your progress. Multi Tasking can mean performing two tasks simultaneously
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BMGT 2211-901 Dr. Bartlett Writing Assignment Two In Douglas Merrill’s Forbes article titled “Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work”‚ the contributing author makes various statements on the scenario-based appropriateness of multitasking. It is the opinion of the author that multitasking during simple‚ menial tasks such as folding clothes and speaking on the phone does not require a high order of mental capacity to execute; therefore‚ it is acceptable to multitask when engaging in these activities.
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When I first read Alina Tugend’s Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus‚ I had to sit back and think of all the times I have tried to multitask‚ and how sometimes they did not turn out that well. Then‚ I reread her article‚ without listening to music in the background this time‚ and I tried to focus as much as I could. When I started to analyze her work‚ I noticed one major issue‚ at least for me‚ in her writing: She only wrote about the smaller things. What I mean‚ is that if she really was concerned
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Multitasking: the Uncertain Impact of Technology on Knowledge Workers and Managers Frank Bannister and Dan Remenyi Trinity College‚ Dublin Frank.Bannister@tcd.ie Dan.Remenyi@tcd.ie Abstract: While the productivity paradox has now been officially pronounced dead‚ the argument and the evidence for this assertion are both at a macroeconomic level. What has been less closely examined is the microeconomic impact of recent developments in ICT on the productivity of office and knowledge workers
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Media Use‚ Face- to-Face communication‚ Media Multitasking‚ and Social Well-Being Among 8- to 12-Year-Old Girls Abstract In an online survey through Discovery Girls magazine‚ researchers examined how the use of media devices‚ video games‚ video use‚ and other modern day electronics and social media devices affect social well-being in 8 to 12 year old girls. The study uses regression analyses using how much time young girls used certain electronics and other forms of media. The study found
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attempt demanding task simultaneously‚we ended up doing neither as well as we should because our brains have cognitive limits". In other words‚the author is trying to say that is better to do one thing at a time than multitasking because the brain will work better‚ and if we are multitasking‚we will have a worse memory. For example‚ sometimes at my job‚ I have to multitask. This made my memory worse because I try to do three or more jobs at once‚ like holding wires‚ connecting them‚ connecting outlets
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Erica Chambers Dr. Wolfgang Lepschy ENC 1101 February 12‚ 2015 Summary Response In “Multitasking Can Make You Lose . . . Um . . . Focus‚” an article published in the New York Times‚ Alina Tugend observes how multitasking has become an accepted day-to-day practice. Tugend argues that even though multitasking can keep things entertaining‚ it takes away focus and we are not being as productive as we believe ourselves to be. According to Tugend‚ our brains may only need a few seconds to switch between
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Multitasking: Good or Bad? (Argumentative Essay) What is multitasking that it became something that people resort to in doing their jobs? Multitasking is doing multiple jobs simultaneously. In doing this‚ you get to finish more jobs in a given amount of time. With the increasing amount of work that needs to be done‚ this can be very helpful. Furthermore‚ the ability to multitask effectively would sound appealing to a job employer for the reason that a person could finish a lot of jobs in a short
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Is multitasking really possible? 10/23/13 TUGEND‚ A. (2008). Shortcuts - Multitasking Can Make You Lose ... Um ... Focus NYTimes.com. The New York Times - Breaking News‚ World News & Multimedia. Retrieved October 18‚ 2013‚ from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/yourmoney/25shortcuts.html?pagewanted=all In this 2008 New York Times article by Alina Tugend the topic of discussion is on whether multitasking can make us
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emerged as part of people’s lifestyle‚ there is an increase of multitasking that is now part of our lives. In some people’s perspective‚ multitasking can be seen as an advantage; for example‚ in the business world‚ constantly performing several tasks at once can lead to a drop in productivity. This has affected the way our brains function‚ it raises stress levels‚ and sometimes causes headaches or migraines. It may seem like multitasking is a method to finish quickly and to get tasks done throughout
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