The word monitoring holds different meanings to each human being as it may get used with good or bad intentions. Most employees think that monitoring involves a great deal of autocratic control of all elements, including freedom of movement, freedom to relax a bit, a few chats in-between and greater flexibility and clarity of thinking and tasks without someone breathing down one’s back. On the other extreme, the employers think that employees who come to work usually disobey and take every opportunity to idle and waste valuable productivity and hence must be monitored in the strictest sense.
However, if a firm draws a medium line, it is positive as the term is generally used for increasing productivity and enabling employees to get other incentives. Therefore, the whole idea of employee monitoring would mean a win-win situation for both employers and employees. In this context, several small and large firms worldwide have installed employee monitoring software in their workplaces.
Benefits of Productivity Monitoring
If a firm wish to evaluate the performance of its employees regularly, then employee monitoring is essential. It is common in most organizations when there are sudden changes in employee behaviors, fluctuation in productivity, misuse of company data, changes in the economy, an unprecedented social and political scenario crisis, and stockpiling of new orders.
Monitoring employees helps organizations determine whether to increase salaries and incentives, add more employees to specific tasks and generally monitor the efficient use of technology and avoid wastage of resources. It is done with the help of remote control tools so as to monitor computer activity and task productivity.
Organizations employ screen-shots and monitor activities by storing them in some formats and ascertaining user activity statistics for monitoring data pilferage.
Paving Way for Better Coordination
Employee monitoring is carried out with employees’ consent will dramatically improve the organization’s work culture. It can improve cooperation between employees working in different time zones and allocate tasks accordingly. They will avoid gaps in communication as monitoring devices are not meant for intrusion into privacy but the overall interest of the organization.
Employers or managers have better control of their organization and instantly track each workplace’s progress.
Employees cooperating in this way stick to their deadlines and bring in faster communication between workplaces of different zones. They know that it is for their overall benefits, and this solution for comprehensive monitoring becomes quite acceptable to them.
