The Impact of Mobile Devices and Technology on Work-Life Balance

This report examines the significant impact of mobile devices and other technologies on modern work environments. It explores how these tools have revolutionized communication, increased productivity, and automated tasks. The report also delves into the potential drawbacks, such as the blu...Read More

Mobile Devices and
other Technology
Affects the Way We
Work

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
How using mobile devices and other technology affects the way we work, for better or
worse?..................................................................................................................................1
Issues about work/life balance.............................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Technology is a great word nowadays having a beauty impact on the lives of people and most
importantly day to day activities in which individuals indulge. Digital tools and technology is 1
individual sector that is currently on the top in all different aspects either on the business side aur
on the regular activities of human beings (Eubanks, 2018). The Report focuses over the
increasing use of mobile devices and other technology that affects the way a human beings work
either in better manner or for worst. The issues of work life balance are also highlighted along
with the impacts of technology and other devices on it.
MAIN BODY
How using mobile devices and other technology affects the way we work, for better or worse?
Technology is one mean in every human beings life for simplifying there activities and their day
to day lives. The debate is about how mobile devices and other technology tools have affected
the way individuals work. It is very prominently said that mobile and other technological devices
have become the basic need of an individual. There are several different needs of human beings
and one of which is mobile devices. Technology has been evolving since the very beginning and
from the very early stages. Earlier when mobile phones were invented it was just a
communication tool which connects people from one place to another holding a keypad
technology when we click on buttons it is used to type or dial a number. But today a mobile
phones technology have evolved and reach to another level from the keypad phones to the
smartphones which do not have even a single button (Géron, 2019). Mobile phones are not just
only e technological instrument which have been evolved but other devices such as computer’s
have also changed into a revolutionary tech tools. Computers when invented were just a
instrument with CPU unit, a monitor, a keyboard and mouse. Which the evolution and passages
time computers transformed into laptop and laptops have transferred into tablets which can be
carried easily from one place to another holding a whole lot of information from all over the
world and working with all the updated techniques and software’s invented. It is very significant
that mobile phones and technologies like computers, laptops and tablets have brought huge
change in working environment and working ways of organisations either small or big. Mobile
phones have made the communication faster and easier people can interact for hours with one
another from one place to another and by staying in any corner of the world. Mobiles is a very
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small tool which is portable and light weighted and nowadays it’s even slimmer making it easier
for human beings to carry it with them anywhere and at any time. Business strategies and
working environment have evolved immensely over the past years which is made possible by the
swift integration of various technological tools which have automated the tasks and made the
business processes simpler and more efficient. Mobile technology has been the most essential
trend that have taken the business world id8 and have been rapidly penetrated (Maudsley and et.
al., 2019). The upward shift towards the usage of mobile phones in the work environment have
transform the economic landscape also over the past years. mobile communication and
connectivity have been evolving changing and becoming more efficient day by day making the
business communication more easy and more productive as plans can be created over the mobile
phones institution of messages. Developments in mobile and other technological devices have
generated improvement in several different business domains and have made the work much
more easier and less time consuming. Mobile phones and technological devices have provided
the organisations and opportunity to complete the work and other business activities in no time
and in the most productive way. Earlier in business communication is considered a long and a
very time consuming process mainly when it is being conducted outside the business (Chafii,
Bader and Palicot, 2018). Nowadays business communication have taken and upside turn and the
messages which took months to reach to the receiver have now been delivered to them in just
one second by just few clicks without even taking a single step. This is a revolution which have
been brought by mobile phones and other digital technologies in the working and operations of
an individual organisation and in the lives of human beings along with the way they work. As
known that every coin has two sides of it one is positive and the second is negative, therefore
positivity and benefits which abroad by technologies and mobile devices in the ways people
work are beneficial to them but there are other negative aspects also which are related to it. As
we were discussing about impacts of mobile devices and other technological tools on the way we
work it has brought both the better and the worst for the people and for the organisations (Ghosh
and et. al., 2018). The most interesting and the negative impact which is faced by human beings
for individuals while they are working either on their own or in an organisation is the
misbalances created in their personal and professional life. Mobile phones and digital
Technologies have increased the accessibility and connectivity of people with one another but
have also intruded in the regular day to day lives of individuals as well. The work life balance of
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people have been effective and being affected in a very negative and the worst way because now
they have the ability of working anytime from anywhere which is causing a whole lot of
problems in their personal lives. Now employees are being forced to work for long hours in their
offices and if that is not possible they are being forced to work at their homes on there laptops
and there mobile phones (Sunstein, 2018). When there were no technology for just a limited
technology was present the individuals used to go to their offices work in their working hours
and then return to their homes to live their personal lines with their families friends and other
related people. What is the situation have been entirely changed because employees are forced to
work from home or to work when it is required by the organisation and the orders are being
given for work by the managers and the higher authorities. The employees have felt a lot of
disturbance and faces a lot of problems in their personal life due to the increased level of work in
their workplace and even at their homes. The unbalanced work-life is the biggest and the worst
outcome of evolution and enhanced use of technologies either mobile phones or laptops for other
software or hardware instrument.
Issues about work/life balance.
The employees are human beings who needs to manage their professional and personal lives in
order to work and run their lines in the best manner. But as discussed that increased use of
mobile phones and other technological devices have implemented the positive and negative
impacts the worst outcome of it is the unbalanced work life. The issue of in balanced work life is
very influential on the a employee or an individual work and also on the organisation as well
because of the end employees work for them and if they are not performing well and their
productivity is hindered therefore the company’s productivity will also be hindered. The biggest
impact of extra working hours and extra workload on employees which day complete by taking
time out of their personal lives is over their performances and their productive level. Employee is
also a human being who have their limits and once these limits are crossed their productivity and
work performance will automatically deteriorate. The increased level of stress and extra
workload will cause high number of absenteeism and staff sickness along with the more
impacting is the increasing number of staff turnover (Bailenson, 2018). If the employees are not
satisfied and they are facing problems they will automatically start reducing their level of
productivity which will initially affects the company and their performance level and then result
in lowering number of staff retention ratio and lowering the level of talent restored in the
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organisational structure. Therefore the issue of work life balance will be impacting first on the
individual in the very beginning but once it crosses the limit then it will automatically hinder the
company’s objectives their activity level and ultimately their talent retention numbers.
CONCLUSION
The report concludes and summarises that mobile devices and other technological tools have a
very large and the most potential impact on the ways by which individuals and organisations
work as compared to the earlier situation when these technologies our not. The increased use of
mobile phones and digital technologies have draught better ways of working and connectivity
towards the organisation and to the people but the very impactful and hindering factor is the
increasing in balance in the personal and professional lives of people that hinders the ultimate
objective of individuals as well as of the company.
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