Monitoring software boosts employees'
productivity!
What is
monitoring software all about?
If you deploy
monitoring software in your company, will it undermine
employee morale? Or will it simply deter your
staff from wasting countless hours of company
time a day surfing the Internet for personal rather
than business-related use?
Lost productivity
driving the spread of surveillance software!
Other than corporate
espionage and embezzlement and even attempts at
disseminating pornography in the workplace, there
are more important reasons for deploying software
that records computer activity. The majority of
companies are simply concerned about employee
productivity.
A lot of studies
have shown that employees average from five to
10 hours a week on the Internet. And a vast majority
of that is for personal usage, such as receiving
and sending personal e-mail, trading stocks, buying
things on eBay, or reviewing last night's game
on a sports Web site.
Companies want
to regain that lost productivity so they can be
more competitive. The second most popular reason
for deploying the software is compliance. In those
companies impacted by regulatory issues, the monitoring
software enables them to create a record of employee
communication with customers and business partners
that could prove or disprove liability.
It's the deterrent
factor, more than anything, that is the beauty
of surveillance software - just knowing that they're
being monitored is often incentive enough to get
employees to refrain from non working related
activities. Surveillance is a great wake-up call
for many employees to stop wasting time.
For those companies
looking to assess how widespread employee PC and
Internet usage problems are, or are looking to
hold specific employees accountable for their
actions, surveillance software can be a real asset
in identifying abuses and taking corrective action.
Whether you opt
for monitoring, filtering, blocking, and/or detailed
surveillance, you'll find out more about your
employees' PC and Internet usage than you ever
thought you'd want to know.
Employees working
efficiency can be observed by analyzing the time
they were involved in using the productive or
work related applications. You will be able to
decide whether your employees are under or over
loaded with work tasks, how well they concentrate
on their work or to find the causes of deadline
delays and not achieving the goals.
Cyclope also allows
you to compare employees' performance and behavior
in using specific applications, to observe their
evolution in time and to identify patterns in
their work activities.
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