The Internet has become a pervasive presence in the American workplace. Two-thirds of employees in medium and large companies in the United States now have Internet access, compared with fifteen percent only two years ago, according to a sampling of 500 companies surveyed by the IntelliQuest Corporation. (IntelliQuest)…
Cons putting a limitation to web surfing may cause the employee to lack independence of finding information. What if they need to look up an answer to a customers’ question and has to find it on the web?…
These technological advancements are often very overwhelming and major sources of distraction. For example, Source G is a political cartoon created by Paul Noth that portrays a man in a lab coat at a desktop with a tab open that says “The Internet wants to destroy your productivity” with a button underneath labeled “always allow” This cartoon helps to highlight how the exponential freedom the internet provides can easily lead us to get distracted and stray away from…
However, with every good there is a bad. While employees enjoy the ability to work from areas outside the shop or office and accomplish more goals, the company has taken note of people being unproductive. Several employees were reported browsing the internet and conversing with friends via social media, and paying personal bills. Ultimately, the productivity of the company suffered, forcing the company to employ new policies concerning what can and cannot be done during working hours.…
“is a great chance to understand a distinctive opinion about the Internet world. I agree with Carr’s view points after I finish my reading. His point “People who read text studded with links, the studies show, comprehend less than those who read traditional linear text.”(Nicholas Carr, June 5 2010, Wall Street Journal) showed stringency after Carr gave some support, and I am agree him. For instance, when people are reading online, they can’t always help check and play in their Facebook. In addition, Carr also gave few of experiment to proof his view point, and I think those experiment let me to conviction. Furthermore, the other point that I agree with Carr, is “The Web never encourages us to slow down. It keeps us in a state of perpetual mental locomotion.” (Nicholas Carr, June 5 2010, Wall Street Journal)The Internet just keep distracting us, if we can turn off our computer, we can do anything in attention. For example , once when I turned off my computer, I couldn’t believe I couldn’t finish my homework in 3 hour, and it gave me just 2 hours to finish my math…
In other words, Nicholas Carr believes that people can be easily distracted and interrupted by the Internet. In his article, Nicholas proves this opinion by including information, popular examples, famous experiments and famed authors’ statements. This article will help me to provide a point of view for the disadvantages of the Internet. Additionally, it provides quotes from examples and officials that could be used in my essay to proof that we can easily be attracted and distracted by the…
Adults also keep themselves preoccupied with internet after work. People are becoming lazier as time passed and new technologies are created. For example, a student can search anything up on Google instead of finding the information in a book. Internet also made people more passive as they are not active. Spending time scrolling through Newsfeed on Facebooks, Snapchat, etc. is making a person passive because he or she does not learn anything from spending time on social media. Furthermore, people are being controlled by the Internet, always spending their free times on social media or playing games on phones. Postman’s suggestion about our world is becoming similar to Brave New World.…
Alder, G. S., M. Schminke, T. W. Noel, and M. Kuenzi. 2008. Employee reactions to internet…
Web page and search engines are very helpful and can provide a lot of information at an employee’s fingertips, however if these programs are not monitored they can be abused by personal use of employees. Managers and other department supervisors should monitor the use of email, instant messaging, web pages, and search engines because it is important to…
Cyberslacking is a prominent occurrence amongst the Hammer Wines employees. However, of all employees, the Receptionists spent the longest time on the Internet throughout the one-week trial (see figure 1.0 below). This may or may not be detrimental to Hammer Wines. Often, receptionists complete their work before their set time, meaning that if they’re browsing the Internet, still answering their phone and have completed required work, productivity will remain normal. Studies also show productivity can increase when employees are less restricted with the Internet. This productivity can swing both ways. Negative productivity will be detrimental to Hammer Wines if the receptionist fails to multitask and therefore ineffectively completes required jobs.…
From long established workplace defined office hours and physical office space INTERNET has converted it to a single room with a system arranged with internet access given to it. Success was once defined by a suit and the ‘9 to 5’ but now it can achieved by working in pajamas and starting at noon after a morning at the gym and leisurely late. Success now is about making personalintimate choices about how to live your life completely without any work pressure. Of course some still…
Do we really know what happens to us when we constantly use the Internet and web during the day? Whether its from your phone , laptop or…
Whether it is called cyber slacking, computer gold-bricking, cyberloafing, or any of the other dozens of nicknames that have surfaced over the last decade, surfing the web for personal use during work time is a world-wide problem. It is so common these days that many people won’t think twice about surfing the web for personal use, but according to the International Association for Computer Information Systems (2009), cyber slacking costs American businesses $54 billion and 30-40% of productivity losses every year.…
This article informs us the readers on how and what forms an employer can monitor our internet usage while at work. The main reason that we see this at work is due to our advance technology at the work place. Almost all companies have access to the internet at work which entices the workers to go to websites that are not work related. This article does not debate whether it is legal or illegal. It provides information on the two basic types that employers use to monitor, internet and desktop surveillance. This article explains that they use spyware like hackers do to monitor an employee’s internet usage, website visits, emails sent, information on emails, and streaming videos. This information provides specific work or unrelated work this employee is conducting to include the time spent.…
Ever since its inception in 1982, the internet has become an essential part of the average person’s life. Many people see the internet as a place for entertainment, research, and communication. Although the invention of the internet allows for easy access to information and communication, there are some negative effects, such as encouraging cheating, corrupting children, and hindering development of social skills as well.…