HP308 Group Presentation

BYOD is becoming an unstoppable trend

Business Times, 26 January 2012
| Huan Su Minn Amanda | Melissa Jade Kong Jin Jin | Samantha Lim | | Amina Maisara Binte Musa | Jonathan Xie |

Contents
Overview of Article
Link to I/O Psychology Effects on New Entrants to Workforce Effects on Companies Discussion and Questions

Overview of Article
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon
Singapore workplace to consist of personal devices in 4 years Global average: 12 years

Problems with BYOD

Data security Employees responsibilities social media use

Increasing trend
Reason: Enhances productivity and resourcefulness

Being allowed to use own devices contribute significantly to job satisfaction

Owing to increased flexibility and freedom

Link to I/O Psychology

Concepts
Stress in the Workplace
Devices can improve productivity Caveat: 24/7 availability; expected quick response time stress, anxiety

Technological Change
Loss of Group Cohesiveness Traditional lines of communication disrupted Loss of nonverbal cues Perils of device addiction Addicted to social media

Link to I/O Psychology

But research into BYOD suggests otherwise
Being able to use own devices more comfortable increase in productivity and job satisfaction Company-issued devices unfamiliar and complicated

Concepts Job Satisfaction

BYOD Increase in Job Control Increase in Job Involvement

On-The-Job Behaviour
Increased productivity Able to work even while physically absent

Effects on New Entrants to Workplace

More companies adopting BYOD policies
No clear demarcation between personal and work life/time
On-call 24/7 May lead to physiological and psychological ailments

Caveat May not be effective for all industries Big organisations cheaper to implement, hard to manage

Small organisations expensive to implement, easy to manage

Effects on Companies
Assuming you become an entrepreneur or a manager in the future

Opportunity to reduce costs

Shifts responsibility for device maintenance

Issues with data security

Proprietary data loss when employee leaves or loses device

Some companies issue iPads to employees

Good: All up-to-date; enable monitoring of employees; enhances communication/cooperation with other departments Bad: Intrusive (monitoring)

Discussion and Questions

Are you in favor of BYOD policies? Why / Why not?
In your opinion, do BYOD policies bring about more good or harm to the employee?

Discussion and Questions

Adoption of BYOD policies open up a new can of worms (e.g. Security, stress, social media misuse). What are some of the policies that companies can introduce to address these issues?