INTERACTIVE SESSION: PEOPLE.
Should You Use iPhone For Work.
1.
What
are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing employees to use their
personal smartphones for work?
Advantage
·
Employees using their
own smartphones would allow companies to enjoy all of the same benefits of a
mobile workforce without spending their own money on these devices.
·
This made it easier to keep track of each
mobile device and to roll out software upgrades or fixes, because all employees
were using the same devices, or at the very least, the same operating system.
·
BlackBerry mobile
devices access corporate e-mail and data using a proprietary software and
networking platform that is company-controlled and protected from outsiders.
·
Effective way to keep
track of all the devices employees are using.
·
Companies will need to
quickly and flexibly ensure that their employees are still able to remain
productive.
Disadvantage
·
Using personal devices
for business poses difficult problems for companies, including security,
inventory management, support, integrating mobile devices into pre-existing IT
functions and systems, and measuring return on investment.
·
The mobile digital
landscape is much more complicated, with a variety of devices and operating
systems on the market that do not have well-develop tools for administration
and security.
·
With the variety of
phones and operating systems available, providing adequate technical support
for every employee could be difficult. When employees are not able to access
critical data or encounter other problems with their mobile devices, they will
need assistance from the information systems department.
2.
What
people, organization and technology factors should be addressed when deciding
whether to allow employees to use their personal smartphones for work?
People
·
If people are allowed
to work with more than one type of mobile device and operating system,
companies need an effective way to keep track of all the devices employees are
using.
·
When employees make
changes to their personal phone, such as switching cellular carriers, changing
their phone number, or buying a new mobile device altogether, companies will
need to quickly and flexibly ensure that their employees are still able to
remain productive.
Organization
·
A firm’s software
development teams can benefit from having one person specifically focused on
ensuring that new applications will be easily usable and useful on smartphone.
·
Applications and
software can be used on mobile devices to connect to the firms existing IT
platform and company-wide CRM, SCM and ERP systems, a business smartphone is
just a phone, and mobility experts can help a company leverage mobility more
effectively.
Technology
·
There are significant
concerns with securing company information accessed with mobile devices.
·
Allow them to wipe
data from devices remotely, or encrypt data so that if a device is stolen, it
cannot be used.
3.
Allowing
employees to use their own smartphones for work will save the company money. Do
you agree? Why or why not?
Agree
·
Company can outsource
the cost of devices, monthly service, and even some applications to employees.
·
Companies can save
their budget for employees that basically give employees access to all the
information they need to do their jobs from their personal devices.
·
To reduce the number
of subsidized plans and even eliminate subsidies altogether for employees who
don’t meet certain classifications.
·
The concept is that
companies can save money by allowing their employees to use their own devices
to access the tools they need to do their jobs.
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