The Internet Usage At Workplace

In today’s work technology is increasing at a rapid pace, and much of it is more accessible than before. An example that has been changed by both of these factors is the internet. When first introduced to homes and businesses, use of the internet required it to be connected to a phone line. In many homes this would have meant that you could use one or the other, but not both at once. During this era access to the internet was limited to those who could afford to

Telecommuting has been shown to reduce absenteeism, improve retention, and reduce recruitment costs for the organization (Family, pg. 730). Increased employee moral is also a benefit associated with telecommuting (Professional Isolation, pg. 512). Offering this new benefit that is such a satisfier for employees will likely result in reduced turnover within the organization and higher productivity. A study found pubic employees who were satisfied with their telework/telecommuting benefits were less likely to leave their positions (Family pg. 732). With the reduction of office time, an increase in employee productivity is likely due to fewer interruptions from fellow employees (Lessons pg. 10). With telecommuting having benefits to both the employer and employee, this new policy should bring positive results to the

The high tech age brings at a fast pace through different sources like TV, radio, internet, newspapers, magazines as well wanted or unwanted phone calls, instant message, social network messages, web searches, emails etc. One of the advantage of having 24/7 virtual office is businesses can capitalize on the evolving nature of the office by striking a balance that combines virtual and physical work and space which could ultimately increase productivity and lower costs without sacrificing company culture or individual motivation. One of the biggest issues facing the organization is employees facing loss of productivity, stressed, and burnout due to information and email overload. Information overload describes an excess of information

This will be set up by the organisations themselves, this will set out the policies in which the staff must abide by in order to use the internet, most of the time, the policies will state that they must not use the company’s internet for personal use, and that they must use it wisely. Many measures such as passwords, authentication, firewalls and

Despite its extensive integration, many believe that ICTs can have a negative impact on work productivity. This will be examined from the ethical-economic and wellbeing viewpoints.

America West recognizes that the internet can assist America West in enhancing its brand and creating communication and knowledge, but if not monitored, it can also be abused and ultimately become detrimental to the company. We have a company full of intelligent and responsible people who work hard and commit their work for the betterment of this company. Im not proposing this new internet policy because I think we have serious problems, I am suggesting we put into place a new internet policy with a goal in mind to prevent any problems in the future, either intentional or unintentional. This proposed internet policy is that internet usage assigned to an employee’s computer is solely for the purpose of conducting company business, but in the event that the employee is on break, there will be exceptions to that rule.

Also to surf on to gain knowledge about new technology or business processes. Some of the employees may misuse this by using the internet to have their social networking websites- wasting their working time and hence the organizations time. This is why certain policies are made to avoid the abuse of company resources. Some companies avoid this by giving limited access to their employees like 100MB of data per day. If at all the person exceeds the limit he/she has to be ready to answer for what purpose he has done so. Some companies block the sites and given limited network access to their employees. Downloading the content or any resource of the organization in the PC or Laptop is prohibited as they are copyrighted with the organization. Any act of defaming the organization or its employees or its customers should not be posted on the internet. Using of any pirated software or downloading the pirated content by using office internet is also prohibited as it is against the laws made by the government and this leads to face legal issues for both organization and the

In today’s technological world, organizations have a significantly more difficult time with this tool than when Mr. Peck wrote this book. Electronic devices and social media have created a culture of instant gratification. There is no need to wait until one gets home to talk about the day. Thoughts and ideas are posted and instantly responded to by people around the world. Many work places have had to create policy about employees using electronic devices

It’s not that it’s wrong to be online but employers must be able to manage their time and know when the appropriate time is. "In most cases, it's not that people deliberately behave recklessly online - rather, they don't know how to act responsibly, and may not be fully aware of the potential consequences of unsafe internet and email usage, senior technology consultant at Sophos (Cluley). "Whether staff are downloading and opening unsolicited attachments, or surfing the web for sordid content not permissible at home, it's the responsibility of the company to ensure that employees are educated about the risks, and given the right tools to defend themselves." "These results show that IT departments are taking security seriously," continued Cluley. "Managers must now look to enforce strict policies on internet and email use to ensure business networks remain safe and secure, as well as running anti-virus and other security software. Users, for their part, must sit up and listen to the advice they are given by their IT teams or risk losing their jobs."

Technology is always around us everywhere we go and every day from checking your phone in the morning to driving to work technology has been something that has changed the way we live our daily lives. Although, technology has made our lives easier to manage it has its negative sides to it just like everything around us does. Furthermore, technology is something we all need nowadays because of it's a tremendous contributor to our lives. One way technology has made a great impact is in the work industry Technology is always around us every day from checking your phone in the morning to driving to work technology has been something that has changed the way we live our daily lives. Although, technology has made our lives easier to manage it has

The impact of computer technology in the workplace has been enormous within the past decade, both positive and negative. Distant communication through the use of computers and mobile devices have overhauled the office setting completely. Email, social networking sites and the world of the Internet have opened a whole new avenue of communication. Technology has changed the entire workplace environment, the relationships, and how things get done.

Inappropriate use of the internet at the workplace is a very serious issue and can cause a variety of issues for employers. One repercussion an employer may face due to abuse of the internet is profit loss caused by decreased productivity, deadlines not being met, slower response time to customers, and employees failing to complete their assigned work. This can have a negative impact on an organizations reputation as the standard of customer service and quality decrease and may result in poor quality customer satisfaction. This can also cause internal strife with other employees as they have to pick up additional work and work overtime, while seeing others surfing the internet. While this points to the need to regulate employees use of the internet, organizations need to be aware that it is a fine balance between employee satisfaction and happiness, security and

The purpose of this paper is to define the impact of internet communications on our daily lives and compare its positive and negative effects on social relationships and personal characteristics of users.

Internet has transformed our lives and the way we communicate, how we learn, how we work and spend free time, in essence – it has more or less changed every aspect of human society one can think of. This paper deals with the influence of Internet and information technology on work and human resource management. It observes main novelties and (inevitably coming) changes in areas of staffing, motivating and leading and discusses possible

Employers believe employees are taking advantage of the Internet while at work to access inappropriate websites such as shopping, gambling, pornographic material, and illegal downloading. Therefore, employers are searching for ways to reduce Internet exploring and increase work production, and remain within the state and federal guidelines (Young, 2011). To combat these issues, monitoring technologies are put in place to make employees more productive during company’s work hours. Monitoring technologies are classified as the use of computerized system that automatically collect, store, analyze, and report information about how an employee is performing his/her job (Wen, Schwieger & Gershuny, 2007). This helps companies to track their employee’s Internet movements, obtain detailed information (Wen, Schwieger & Gershuny, 2007), and protect the privacy of their company. In return, employers hope this will limit or eliminate employees from extensive use of the Internet.