Suppression of Natural Behavior - Essay Example

In a somewhat similar way, the same technology also permits unwarranted communications, especially copies of official communications mailed by insecure people, whether such copies are relevant to the mailed people or not.

Not everyone indulges in faceless abuses on the Internet, and in a similar manner not everyone in a work environment is a coward. Most people realize the positive power of technology and harness it beneficially. It is a matter of behavior. People with emotional issues need to be identified and appropriate methods devised to inculcate proper behavior. This may be in the form of counseling and training, especially with respect to the expression of inner fears or venting out stress. This is best done by skillfully identifying the underlying causes and giving them a chance to speak up, in private.

For the sake of a few odd people, it is not right to curtail the power of technology. However, healthy use through enlightened and more responsible staff is one way to ensure that

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technological power is used as a means to achieve organizational goals and is not abused to satisfy personal emotional or behavioral needs.

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1. Line functions are directly responsible for reaching organizational goals in terms of production or marketing that result directly bring in revenues. Staff managers are experts in their fields and advise line managers and hence are support functions (Line and staff functions, 2010). It is the hierarchical heads of the line functions that manage a business at the corporate level as well as at the functional head levels.
2. Internal customers do not generate revenues; only external customers do. Hence, the latter is more important. Having said that, it is noted that internal customers create value and hence are important. For example, the design engineer ( a staff function) the production manager and the marketing manager (both of which are line functions)  are internal customers and the efficiency with which a design is created in terms of material use, processing, and application will determine the production costs as well as customer satisfaction.

• Creating a black box only enhances employee apprehension and may even give rise to acts of settling personal scores. Businesses must create an environment of trust, support, and team spirit. Black boxes encourage surreptitious behavior among employees that can destroy organizations.

1. It bolsters human interaction enormously. Like the famous saying, “garbage in – garbage out”, it is how we use IT that determines the output. Used for a positive

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purpose, the power of IT for instant notification, advice, and action is unsurpassed and enhances human interaction and therefore efficiency.