Smart phones

purchased yearly

•About 131 million

purchased in 2008

•In 2009, this

number increased

to over 180 million

•This number is

expected to

exceed 1 billion in

2014

Smart

phones, good or

bad???

smartphonesare

affecting the society

more negatively

then positively

How???

Productivity is

decresing

Workplace

communication

is becoming

unreliable

Social skills

are

becoming

poorer

Coming in the

way of

education

Research tell us that…..

Smartphone, hinderance to

management productivity?

•Francis Wade states that

companies spend millions

on insurance of employees

who have been in car

crashes, caused by texting

and driving, thus decreasing

productivity

…Francis wade concludes that

productivity losses occur due

to bad cellphone habits

Reduced workplace communication??

Level of

communication with

smart phone usage

Level of communication

without smart phone

usage

Francis Wade research

findings:

•Increasing number of smart

phone users means increasing

number of e-mails per

employee.

•Large volumes of e-mails

causes jamming and

unresponsiveness of the

employees. Communication

cylcle breaks .

• Feedback is not recieved

Social engagement Usage of smart

phones brings about bad social manners.

Addicts of smart phones

may suffer from social

anxiety when deprived of

their phone

Education

Considered a class disturbance

Increased cheating rates

Writing skills

decreasing due to

texting language

Conclusion

In general, we conclude

that smart phones bring

about:

•A decrease in

productivity

•Inconsistent workplace

communication

•Decrease in educational

standards

•Poor social engagement

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society

today

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