The Negative Effects Of Personal Devices In The Workplace

There’s no denying that technology has grown to play a major role in education and learning. Students are using laptops, tablets, and smartphones to research, complete, and even collaborate on assignments, both in and outside of the classroom. Timothy D. Snyder and Thomas L. Friedman both have written articles expressing their opposing opinions on technology in the classroom. Timothy Snyder is a Professor of History at Yale University who has written five different award-winning books. In his article, “Why Laptops Are Distracting America’s Future Workforce”, Snyder explains to students and teachers why he is against technology in the classroom. Thomas Friedman is a reporter and columnist for The New York Times, author of six award-winning

I believe it is appropriate for an employer to gather data pertaining to the activities an employee engages in on employer-provided devices. For example, an employer has the right to collect data such as time spent on devices and websites or apps used during businesses hours. Furthermore, the employer also has the right to gather data from personal devices used at work or home on employer-provided networks. Employees are reportable to employers during business hours, since the employer is paying to do their job. Consequently, an employer is entitled to know what activities, websites, and time spent on personal devices on the business network. If an employee did not want to be invaded of privacy, she/he should not use personal devices at work

The article written by Timothy D. Snyder in 2010 titled, “Why Laptops in Class Are Distracting America’s Future Workforce” is a persuasive article. His purpose in writing this article was to persuade professors to ban laptops in the classroom because he feels they are a distraction. Snyder’s arguments against the use of laptops in classrooms are convincing, but he lacks evidence to support his stance and he uses emotionally charge wording to sway the reader.

“THE MOST DISTURBING Stories about the future may be less about what could happen, …and more about what should happen given the way things are right now. The haunting visions of a sad tomorrow in Alexander Weinstein's excellent first collection, Children of the New World, fit that category. Inspired by the author's anxiety over our increasingly virtual lives, these 13 stories artfully slam an unchecked obsession with technology and affirm the beauty of reality's texture,” wrote John Wilwol in a book review published in the New York Times.

Depending on employer’s preferences, massaging, media sites and texting may not be allowed. If an individual is working as a cashier or bagger, customer service should be their main focus. Any job that requires high customer attention such as grocery stores or more professional offices should require employees to avoid using media sites and texting. If an employee is more concerned about anything other than their current job or task, it becomes a problem. This is only with customer service at the highest level, in some places, there is little customer service needed. Where I currently work, I have the approval to watch YouTube, listen to Pandora, and message anyone as long as I scan documents and it is not busy. It passes the time when

It is also known that internet usage on cell/smart phones is a growing problem in the work force. Businesses are reporting that productivity and quality customer service is declining as a result of smartphone use. Cell phones in the workplace will cause disruptions such as talking loudly as well as loud ringtones, interrupting meetings, inappropriate, personal conversations, internet use, and gaming. According to a survey conducted on 145 out of 260 Chesapeake Fire Department employees, 56% claimed “Cell phones frequently interrupt training, meetings, and face-to-face conversations, which most consider rude and inconsiderate,” (How does the use of cell phones impact the Chesapeake Fire Department?, Long, n.d.).

A. Attention Getter: Four Years of your life is wasted to what’s sitting inside all of your pockets right now; your cellphone. The average person spends roughly 90 minutes a day playing on their phone, whether it’s checking emails, Snapchatting or scrolling through your Twitter feed. According to The Dailymail.com we unlock our phones at least 110 times per day! We’ve become almost dependent on these devices over time, and it needs to stop. We rely on our phones everyday to wake us up for school and to know the time of day.

We don't work in just offices or cubicles anymore, our work lives don't revolve around board meetings and aren't defined by a six to nine time frame. Instead, today, we carry our workspace around with us in our pockets, at any given time, whether at work or off the clock, we can be dragged into a Skype meeting, our work days extended from a set number of hours per week to every waking moment of our lives. In the article “The Cordless Tie That Binds People To Work” Ellen Goodman seems to agree. Goodman puts forth the idea that phones have done nothing but lengthen our work days and have made it so that we are never truly allowed to relax off of the clock. I tend to agree as it seems employees nowadays are never truly free from work and are constantly

The fascination with technology and handheld devices impacts all of us at professional and personal level. I realize that electronic gadgets are very helpful, but at the same time, no one can deny the negative influence it has on quality of work performance. Therefore, to control inappropriate use of cell phones while caring for patients, the organizations must implement a policy outlining guidelines and rules of behavior related to BYOD. Correspondingly, every medical facility it is obligated to obtain HIPAA document signed by each employee to assure confidentiality of patient information and when a contract is broken one may be terminated on the grounds of illegal conduct. Therefore, the same way the BOYD policy should be introduced to all

One problem with cell phones in today’s society is that they have become major distractions. Cell phones are distracting employees in the workplace and are leaving them with their jobs halfway done. Everywhere in the business industries, the employees are hard at work re-tweeting and catching up on the latest newsfeed rather than managing their time more wisely. Not only are cell phones a distraction in the workplace, they are also a distraction and disruptive in school districts, causing students’ attention to be elsewhere. Many students would rather text in the middle of class instead of pay attention to what the teacher is reviewing. In this case, students do not gain the amount of education provided for them. In addition to cell phones being distracting, people often like to multi-task by walking or driving while texting. These things cause them to be unaware of their surroundings. Texting while driving has become a major issue because texting and driving can lead to car crashes which are often fatal. On the other hand, texting and walking isn’t too bad, but can cause a little bit of embarrassment. There are stories of people walking into walls and bumping into people or tripping over a table because their nose seems to be stuck in their phone. To some, being on their cell phone is more important than grades, clients, and others around them.

This distraction follows society to the workplace, because our society do not want to be away for the social networking. Many employees need their cell on their desk in the workplace because they are so

Cell phones have become more and more popular in the United States as years have gone by. They are now nothing like how they were years ago. Since cellular devices have evolved employees have become able to do increasingly more jobs on the phones. For example, during work employees are now able to check social media, listen to music, take quality photos, and play games all on a small mobile device. Because of the evolution of the phone, employees have certainly become less effective. Cell phone usage has disturbed the work place because it decreases productivity, endangers employees, and lowers quality of work.

Now I am going to be listing the negative aspects of technology and some specific technological gadgets. This is the part of my report that should be paid the most attention to, because, due to these reasons many problems arise.

Recently I was shopping at a local grocery store when I had an interesting experience. After finding some items listed as half off, I went to check out. The woman at the register said that they were full price. When I explained that the price on the shelf said that it was half off, she hastily replied that the computer never lies. It eventually took having the manager come out and physically showing the cashier the shelf to change her mind.

There are many instances where people need to collect data from remote places or in the ‘field’ where items like electricity are limited or nonexistent or the weather does not allow the use of the traditional pen and paper in collecting and recording data. Such instances require innovative ways to collect (and possibly transmit) data in real time and as fast as possible in a format that decision makers can quickly use. Thus is especially useful in instances where there are emergencies such as natural disasters, famines, disease outbreaks, or even wars and conflicts. One technology that comes to the rescue is the mobile phone/ device, in which data can be collected, stored, and shared, or in some cases even analyzed. MDC