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(How) should you manage smart phones and Facebook usage by employees?
KATHRYN STEINER, MBA, Entrepreneur, United States, Member
It seems that some in the millenia's may have challenges dealing with new technology, which is distracting them from tasks required.
 I have to manage my communications, and learned today there is software designed to help people limit their time spent on Facebook etc... If they cannot manage this aspect of their lives themselves...
As a potential future business owner, I believe that I would be somewhat irritated at employees continually checking their smart phone or other devices, particularly while in a meeting.
Is it OK to have everyone place their telephones on the table...? And, taking that a step further, how about the security aspect and risk management when cellular devices are present...
What is fair to all involved, employee and business owner/management?... Register
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Smartphones and Social Networks at Work
Chris Hdez, Coach, Mexico, Member Not all the participants called in for meetings should be treated equally. We normally ask staff to put their phones in silent mode when entering the ... |
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Smart Way to Use Smartphones in Meetings
Jagdish B Acharya, Consultant, India, Premium Member Normally for smart managers it should not be difficult to delegate a task to look after this to someone responsible to handle such calls during one ho... |
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Have Smartphone / Facebook Breaks at Work
Ivan Kohlinsky, Management Consultant, United Kingdom, Member My knee jerk reaction is that it is better to control it (manage it) than have anarchy. In the same vein as smoking was banned in the workplace, and p... |
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Ground Rule: Divert your Calls!
Serkalem G.Kirstos, CEO, Ethiopia, Member What is most important, as aired, is setting the pace by way of a ground rule that "no mobile phones should be answered while on a meeting" unless som... |
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Team Structures in a Dialogue Environment
Bill Boynton, Teacher, United States, Member This topic is an causes an interesting scenario, since there might be some good reason a member of the team or group might be doing some texting. ... |
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As a Manager, be an Example for your Staff
kierdorff, Manager, Netherlands, Member Unfortunate companies partially can blame themselves of this bad conduct. Not so long ago, a job was a job and private was private.
Recently I at... |
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Inclination to Check Phones is an Addiction...
robin umiom, Entrepreneur, Nigeria, Member There is no emergency that can crop up in a management or board meeting of 2 - 4 hours to demand the recourse to telephoning or browsing while in a me... |
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Ban Phones During Meetings
Charles Peter, CEO, Kenya, Member Better still phones should be avoided in meeting venues to avoid distractions as the meeting progresses. How do you expect people to manage organizati... |
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The Old School Speaks
Dr Gary Jones, Business Consultant, Australia, Member I live by very simple rules when I am chairing meetings. All mobile devices off. And I advise clients (owners) from day one employees to be advised co... |
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Have a Smart Phone Code of Conduct
Willard P.M. Mangwengwende, Manager, Zimbabwe, Member I think its a very distracting behaviour if everyone in a meeting starts playing with their smart phones. They are quite useful gadgets when used resp... |
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Setting Rules Impairs Growth and Responsibility
Maria Lairet, Coach, Venezuela, Member I'm not a fan of rules as I haven't found them useful to motivate trust & freedom. I believe that rules are used when there is a lack of trust, motiva... |
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Fostering Personal Responsibility and Engagement
Lamar Culpepper, Consultant, United States, Member As Maria Lairet noted, the perceived need for imposing rule is out of a survival reaction to the resistance human beings experience when feeling domin... |
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Increasing Productivity of Employees
Belay Gezahegn, Director, Ethiopia, Member It may discomfort people to deny them the right to carry their cell phone to a meeting hall implying that they are not respectful to meeting disciplin... |
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Cellphones can Record Conversations in Meetings
vinod kumar, Student (MBA), India, Member Beyond manners, it can cost more to company because conversations may be recorded and within few moments, it can be seen by outsiders. The best method... |
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Smart Phones also May Enhance Flexibility
John limpus, Australia, Member Recent smart phone technology does present some issues, regarding use, ethics, privacy concerns etc within the work environment.
However it may a... |
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No Exceptions in Telephoning During Meetings
robin umiom, Entrepreneur, Nigeria, Member Kathryn you have moved us to discussing telephoning at meetings and agreed it has been quite thought provoking. I am sure you want further discussion ... |
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Focus on the Thinking, not the Tools
Gary Wong, Consultant, Canada, Premium Member Let's think twice about limiting the use of smart devices. Meetings should harness the power these electronic tools provide. I include cell pho... |
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Thinking Needs to Be Directed
Dr Gary Jones, Business Consultant, Australia, Member Good leadership dictates focus by employees. Focus and direction are lost by ancillary distractions. Sure the devices spoken about are great - ... |
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Smart Phones in the Office
Grace Alleyne The word 'fair' should not be in the equation when it comes to using smart phones for personal use in the business setting.
This issue relates di... |
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Smart Phones Use can be Negative to the Company
Enesto Bonilla Sequeira, Accountant, Costa Rica, Member The use of smart phones has to be regulated if you see some behavior of the workers.
Not everybody has the conviction to give maximum effort and... |
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Social Networking at Work Place
Shubhra Gabel, Manager, India, Member Social networking at workplace only shows that the employee finds more entertaining communication elsewhere than within his own office team. Social-ne... |
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