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Multi Tasker Syndrome – better safe than sorry |
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
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In many companies people are communicating all day long. To reach employees, many employers use a broad range of (new) media, such as email, intranet, phone, blogs, websites, instant messaging (IM), web conferencing, sticky notes, internal memos, text messages, newsletters and corporate magazines. But is this effective? |
No, says software company Netpresenter. More and more employees are suffering from MTS, or Multi Tasker Syndrome, which has a dramatic impact on the productivity of these employees.
“MTS is becoming a serious issue. Employees are expected to be available 24/7, and immediately respond to emails, IM messages and the like. But this sometimes has a catastrophic impact on their productivity,” says Frank Hoen, CEO of Netpresenter. “By thoroughly reviewing the communication strategy and making some small adjustments, companies can benefit tremendously. When a fulltime employee can focus on work an hour more each day, he can get a month and a half work done more each year. And an hour a day is certainly not unrealistic when you know the average employee nowadays spends 12.5 to 25 percent of his time on email. And then I have not even taken other media into account yet.”
To help companies prevent MTS and increase employee productivity, Netpresenter offers 10 ‘golden tips’.

Click here for the full press release including the 'golden tips'
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