5.13.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing employees to

The value of allowing workers to use their personal smartphone for work helps
employers to spend less money on equipment for technology. They're also so that
that everybody nowadays expects you to have a smartphone. If your work happens
outside the workplace a lot, people expect to have another number to reach you. I
suppose the greatest advantage of using a cell phone is that getting in touch with
you is much easier. It doesn't matter whether you're caught in traffic on the way to
work, even whether you're away from the workplace, or just left on a business trip,
the clients, colleagues, bosses and supervisors will still be able to reach you through
emails at any moment. A mobile allows you more "time" to connect anywhere and at
any time of the day you are available, or depending on the time zone, a substantial
conversation may take place. For example, you are leaving for a business trip on
your way to the airport, which imposes less time limits when you're away from your
desk at work. You can get emails via smartphones and you can respond to them
immediately. The use of personal smartphones for work, on the other hand, would
allow a whole network of employees or offices to connect with each other wherever
they are. It allows you to easily review the details and confirm your appointments,
such as using Google Calendar, where you schedule your own appointments,
meetings and other important dates in advance. You may connect with an employee
or the person you plan to meet at any time to validate this information via Google
Calendar or a reminder that you can forget before the important meeting. Good use
of smartphones can help enhance employer-to-employee contact, and employee-to-
employee contact.

The downside of allowing workers to work on their personal mobile is the lack of an
efficient way to keep track of all the apps that workers use if they regularly change
their numbers or purchase a new mobile without the employers ' knowledge. Another
downside to being available anywhere and at any time when using a mobile is that
you might be receiving calls during business hours or in the case to work
emergencies. For instance, if you're a hospital on-call nurse and are called in for
emergency surgery. You need to remember and come in to have this emergency
operation; however, the nurse needs to help the doctors conduct the procedure in a
timely and orderly manner as soon as possible. Additionally, there can be occasions
where a customer sees your number as the only point of contact when away from
the office. My greatest concern that many employers have of using a business
smartphone is that the cost will be so large that their company will be harmed, as
there is a possibility that certain workers may misuse the phone, raising bills
enormously. Many companies charge their staff for the non-business calls, and they
ensure the expenses are kept as small as possible.
5.14. What people, organization, and technology factors should be addressed
when deciding whether to allow employees to use their personal smartphones
for work?

Any businesses that have policies and procedures in place, and have enforced how
to use or not to use personal smartphones during working hours. In a company, a
individual with personal smartphones plays a major factor in how it is used for use in
the job. The considerations that should be discussed by the individual associated for
the company and technology to include how the tools can only be used to conduct
operational duties while in service. Time management and efficiency, for example,
ought to be addressed appropriately. One is making the company keep track of the
apps that its workers use. They need an effective inventory management system that
keeps track of all devices that their employees are using, where they are stored, how
they are being used, and what kind of tools they are fitted with such as customized
technical support. They will ensure that any sensitive or confidential information that
is not inside the company is not publicly accessible to anyone.

5.15. Compare the BYOD experiences of Michelin North America and Rosendin
Electric. Why did BYOD at Michelin work so well?

Initially, all 4000 mobile devices used by the company were company owned and
obsolete by Michelin North America, with a significant number of standard cell
phones used for voice communication and messaging only. They have thousands of
employees for Rosendin Electric and deployed hundreds of smartphones, more than
400 iPads and a few Microsoft Surface tablets that would be reckless to handle
those devices.

BYOD worked so well at Michelin as it was able to introduce its own BYOD version
which increased the number of mobile-enabled employees to 7000. The system is
cost-neutral. They opted for a controlled Cass Information Systems program that
allows the company to make payments directly to wireless carriers. A unified
workplace platform deals with corporate and BYOD registration and offers monitoring
and documentation for all current smartphone and related inventory and expenses.
The system will automatically register workers, check user eligibility, ensure policy
recognition and directly assign credits to wireless accounts of workers for the service
they used in their work. It means that their workers have increased their
performance, productivity and satisfaction by upgrading the mobile technologies and
services available to workers and giving them options in mobile devices and wireless
carrier plans. The company has received new product discounts across both U.S.
and Canadian wireless providers, and has lowered the cost of installing each mobile
device by more than 30 percent.

5.16. Allowing employees use their smartphones for work will save the
company money. Do you agree? Why or why not?

I accept only to a certain degree. I guess it depends on how big the business is and
whether the money ration is saved by not having to purchase their workers '
smartphones at their total expenses. If the losses are higher than the mobile prices,
then it is not worth it. Losses may include productivity declines, inefficient sharing of
company-specific cloud services, lack of personal technological support that can
result in productivity declines and frustration. On the other hand, if the losses are
negligible and the company works on a low budget, I think that personal
smartphones will considerably improve a company's productivity if they are used at
work. I work at the hospital and I use my personal mobile for work and school
because I have not been given a single phone for work. Yeah, the organization has
the advantage that it saves money, as they won't pay my bill. Consider that if I have
been issued a company mobile, I might have extra duties outside the workplace or
be called to the hospital for emergency purposes due to disasters such as typhoons
and unexpected emergencies if necessary. Therefore, if the company wants to give
me a smartphone for work, I will look into it and read again the job obligations of
being part of the healthcare industry.