Big brother is watching you work
Gadget
by Arthur Goldstuck
12/01/05
More and more, however, corporate bosses are being turned on to the idea of employee surveillance. In certain kinds of business it makes sense. Where productivity is measured by the minute, or where a large workforce has to be paid based on time spent on the job, the age-old concept of the punch-clock was the answer for more than a century. In the 21st century, we have 'smart buildings' that can do anything from automatically switching on the light when you walk into a room to giving your boss a printout of your precise movements throughout the working day. A building that responds to your needs sounds great. A building that serves your boss's needs for micromanagement is a recipe for human resource disaster...
http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=373
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Arthur Goldstuck
12/01/05
More and more, however, corporate bosses are being turned on to the idea of employee surveillance. In certain kinds of business it makes sense. Where productivity is measured by the minute, or where a large workforce has to be paid based on time spent on the job, the age-old concept of the punch-clock was the answer for more than a century. In the 21st century, we have 'smart buildings' that can do anything from automatically switching on the light when you walk into a room to giving your boss a printout of your precise movements throughout the working day. A building that responds to your needs sounds great. A building that serves your boss's needs for micromanagement is a recipe for human resource disaster...
http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=373
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 2. Dez, 16:52
