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Post by jessweaver on Feb 13, 2014 10:30:08 GMT -6
Technology is definitely changing the way businesses are run and operated. While some may feel that technology has taken away much of the personal contact, which I agree, it has also made people much fore efficient. By just shooting a quick email, you can continue on with the task or even a different one, without having to stop what you are doing to go ask someone a question. As far as the open floor plan, I am not sure how I feel about that. I work at an Accounting firm and we all have cubicles. Many think that cubicles are terrible, I actually don't mind it. I am about to have my privacy but if I have a question, I can just back my chair up a little and ask people; all of our backs face one another. I think it is nice to be able to work from home for a few days, but after a while, it becomes work and not a home. I want to be able to leave work at work and come home and relax, not be worried about more work.
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Post by jjohnson on Feb 13, 2014 11:06:21 GMT -6
I really like and agree with this video. I am not a fan of group work, but I can appreciate this video. I personally think that technology is going to lead to large problem, with major consequences; technology is replacing both people and jobs. It is taking away from the skill and quality of work that is produced. True, technology can be efficient and advantageous to use, but it also makes some people uneasy. Technology, like email, causes a breakdown, even failure, in communication. One problem that can occur is a simple misunderstanding. If a sender sends something and the receiver misunderstand the severity, or lack of, in an email, major problems can occur. Some employees may get hostile with one another, which can cause major problems in the workplace. Technology does have its perks, such as telecommunicating. If an employee is trying to find their work/life balance, telecommunicating is definitely the way to go. Instead of an employee being concerned about a child that is home sick, they can just stay home, monitor the child, and work at the same time. Some may say that the worker will not be as productive at home tending to a sick child, but I am convinced that they would be more productive at home tending to the sick child, than at work calling to check on the sick child.
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Post by robertnicholson on Feb 13, 2014 14:02:16 GMT -6
The environment has defiantly changed and very recently. Ten years ago there were very few people who had the option of working from home. Nowadays everything can be done through email.s video conferencing and company intranets. The world has changed.One thing that hasn't and applies to both situations. It is still up to the individual to take the effort to complete there own work.
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Post by allisonschex on Feb 14, 2014 1:15:06 GMT -6
Technology has became a huge part of our everyday life and if we somehow lost it i feel like some people would be lost without it. Making it a choice for individuals to work where they can do it the best sounds great but at the same time we all know it wouldnt work well with everybody. Being at work makes you stop and get what you need to get done so its not as easy to procrastinate. Working from home can have all sorts of distractions that will throw someone off track. For example, it seems like a 100% online class would be easier than having to go to class everyday but im taking my first one this semester and its harder to keep up with than i thought. When i sit down and get the work done i seem to always find something around the house that needs to be done and the assignment gets pushed aside for a little longer, if this wasnt a 100% online class most of the assignments would be done in class and i wouldnt have anything to distract me during that time.
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Post by jimmykotter on Feb 15, 2014 16:23:37 GMT -6
this video was pretty cool. i felt like everytime we attempt to solve an issue, it always has a side effect. i think many people are unhappy with their work because they are just unhappy. their primary task in life in working they spend 8+ hours doing it, so that makes us try to change our work habits in order get some form of external stimuli that will make us happy it might not be the problem, our disengaged work life might just be a symptom. so the end of the video talks about how we can change things up through giving employees power to work on their own and at home. but the problem with that is the fact that people try to over compensate. so i think it is very important to find people that are capable, are honest and have great morals and work eithic, rather than just hiring the first joe shmoe with a college education.
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Post by sdoescher on Feb 16, 2014 11:16:29 GMT -6
The video raises some good points. For many of us the technology is there to allow us to work away from the office and save time. However, people have to be very driven to do this. It is easy to slack off or take unnecessary breaks when at home. Additionally, culture is strengthened when colleagues interact in the office. I can see how allotting trusted employees a certain amount work at home days could be a benefit. In accounting, it is common for employees to work away from the office but in almost every circumstance it is better to be with your team.
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Post by arenee1370 on Feb 18, 2014 23:42:13 GMT -6
There is only one thing about this video that I liked and thats the animated aspect of it. I wasn't fond of how long it was and how rushed it seemed. I think this video should have be condensed even more than just 9 minutes. Instead of expounding so much on certain ideas I believe their point would have been received more clearly if they just slowed down and took some things away. The video did seem interesting but I honestly didn't obtain any helpful knowledge from watching it.
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Post by patiencedaigle on Feb 19, 2014 23:56:21 GMT -6
I think flexibility in the work environment is important, especially with the way technology is emerging. It's important for employees to be comfortable in their workplace, whether at home or in the office. Personally, I would be too comfortable and too easily distracted to work from home. Although, I do like the idea of the open floor plan. It would keep employees on track with their tasks. I would most likely use that strategy in my own career.
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Post by cfrederic on Feb 20, 2014 13:23:39 GMT -6
I really love this video. I was just complaining last week about becoming one of those people who takes my work home from the office. I started checking my emails, working on projects, and making phone calls at night and on weekends. Because of the technology that I have available 24/7 I am starting to let my work life affect my social and family life. I also found the bit about working in an open space interesting. At my current job I am the only desk that is "open", I will be sitting at the receptionist desk for the next 6 months until I get in my office. For me I do feel that anxiety and worry. I feel like someone is constantly looking over my shoulder, not that I am doing anything wrong. I cannot wait to get into my office when it is finished!
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Post by danielhutton on Feb 25, 2014 17:36:08 GMT -6
I think it is simply human nature for people to become bored or disengaged from their work. People grow tired of monotonous activity j that's mostly what a job is. The information in the video was very interesting.
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Post by bleblanc on Feb 27, 2014 15:16:12 GMT -6
I think that working from home is convenient for some people, but it takes a special type of person to have the discipline to work from home. I know that I could never be productive if I worked from home. I need a space that is away from my personal space in which to be productive. If people do work from home, I would suggest having at least one day where staff members are required to meet in the office. This may decrease animosity between the staff members that work in the office and staff members that work from home.
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Post by kourtneyb on Feb 27, 2014 19:29:44 GMT -6
This video relates so much to our generation/society. In the technology age everything is less personalized less face to face interaction. Many things are about sell as much as you can to as many as you can. Products that used to target a certain market no longer do that its all about sales, not relationships. I personally am more loyal to products that don't try to conform and many other like me as well, many individuals are willing to pay more for the things we feel relate to our morale or our beliefs. Many companies try to remain neutral which causes less of a personal feeling. I understand the email and message point of the video its so annoying to see continuous email after email. our society has changed and is changing but i do appreciate the personal contact some companies still have such as Coach, its nice to get a phone call from a local store about sales opposed to an impersonal email at times, which is why i gladly pay more, i think more companies should consider that.
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Post by jodiemalley on Mar 1, 2014 14:28:09 GMT -6
The vastly developing technological advances in today’s society seem to have impacted people and the workplace. In my opinion, there are advantages and disadvantages of technology. With e-mail, it can save time when mass communication is needed, however, it takes away the face-to-face meetings. The same with text messaging. I feel that it is hard to sense the tone and mood from a text. Working from home is a huge advantage for some, especially those with small children. However, this opens the door to procrastination.
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Post by karenwag on Mar 6, 2014 12:58:16 GMT -6
This has really made me think about the contrast between real life and technology. Technology obviously has changed everything in life as well as business. I cannot really relate to the open concept workplace. I am a teacher at a preschool so it is not an open workplace. But I can somewhat understand what he means by feeling anxious and stressed through the open floor plan at the workplace. I can also understand the theory of how technology is making people miserable in their jobs and careers. You are either put into an open floor space which makes you feel stressed, anxious, and untrusted or you are have the technology and the means to work at home. Working at home or wherever via the internet causes you to not trust others because you can;t actually see them. It also makes you stress about what others think causeing you to overcompensate. I feel like the speaker does not really give any solutions to the problem.
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Post by paigecrawford on Mar 10, 2014 14:59:01 GMT -6
This video leaves me with a lot of things to think about and takes a little time to process. The idea of an "Open culture" seems to be a good one. In the beginning of the video he says at work we are too busy being busy to have time to think of different ways of doing things. As someone who works in an office I completely relate to that statement. Many times I try to think of new processes or ways of doing things within the company but as soon as I think of the idea I can not elaborate because I get a phone call or an email etc. An "open culture" is a great idea. Its a culture that encourages innovative ways of doing things. "Thinking outside of the box" is important in today's ever changing competition in the workplace. For a company to stay on top they must keep up with the fast-passed way of doing business. Changing how things are done and where things are done is one way to encourage innovated thinking.
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