The article actually represents a paradox. On one hand, we have executives dying on account of stress and on the other we read about time wastage at work. The true question that actually needs to be answered is whether it is humanly possible to be absolutely engaged in just work for a matter of 8 to 9 hours on a given day. Maybe one can do it on a given day or at the most a week, not more than that. Actually, the concept of modern office hours is still taken from the age old days of Industrial revolution where distractions were far and few and no one gave a damn about employees jumping jobs or moving on to better jobs and super specialization in work was a theoretical concept. If one reads modern work behaviour and psychology, the modern blue collar and for that matter even white collar worker, cannot sustain more than 3-4 hours of core concentrated work. I am not meaning to say that employers or managers should allow for fretting away of time on social networking site or chatting but rather than give in to the stupid thought of becoming Big Brother and snoop on employees, it is best to see how you can leverage this to drive a business goal. Example: sites like LinkedIn is a great source for skill development on matters pertinent to your job and domain. If employees get on it and focus upon groups that are relevant to their work skill, it will benefit rather than hurt the company. Modern HR managers need to get smarter about all this.
REALLY? THEY MAY UTILISE IT EVEN IN LUNCH HOUR....REAL MANAGERS ALWAYS PLAN ,DESTROY,PLAY GAMES.......DECIDE EVEN IN THERE SO CALLED WEASTE TIME......TALENGANA PEOPLE WHILE DOING STRIKES WORK TOO HARD...MOST SELFLESS PEOPLE.......
There is fundementally something wrong with human mind that it keeps giving perception of there something being either better or more efficient.
It is not required that employee apply all their 8 hr at work.All is needed that they meet their targets and complete the work in stipulated amount of time.
Re: It is impossible to keep perefect 100% productivity
by common sense on Jan 22, 2010 03:23 PM
You are right; unless, you are a worker in an assembly line, it is impossible to concentrate full 8 hrs on work alone. It may prove counter productive infact. also, there is thin line between wasting time and consulting your collegues on office matters. This author appears to be a fool. I cannot think of a single office where every one is busy chatting on line all the time; Then it would be impossible to finish work in given time.
Re: It is impossible to keep perefect 100% productivity
by Murga Bhai on Jan 22, 2010 02:06 PM
There is fundementally something wrong with your mind!! Not with any other's mind...
Re: It is impossible to keep perefect 100% productivity
by Murga Bhai on Jan 22, 2010 02:06 PM
There is fundementally something wrong with your mind!! Not with any other's mind...
Re: It is impossible to keep perefect 100% productivity
by Murga Bhai on Jan 22, 2010 02:06 PM
There is fundementally something wrong with your mind!! Not with any other's mind...
This article is also penned by an author with loads of time to waste. In any work study of even the most productive activities, you find that at least 20% of the time is wasted on Non-Value Added activities. Also, people will spend some time on things like socializing. This is not wasting time, but a critical activity in today's organizations. If they do not socialize with one another, who will come and get the work done- this author?
why blame any individual or any institution when our own congress government is wasting every minute to perfection. For instance, when the inflation was soaring to all time high (and still it does brake records) our minister for agriculture was wasting time with BCCI & Cricket. And why govt taking time to control skyrocketing rates? And our junior MEA (tharoor) is busy twittering...and wasting hell lot of time instead of making efforts to build & manage relations where it matters. Dont ask about the rubber stamp (mrs president), I dont know what she is doing now? Get on with it guys....why are you wasting time here...our govt does move like this..
