The vice president argues that Climoson Industries are supposed to implement electronic monitoring of employees’ Internet use from their workstation to improve their work efficiency.

The vice president argues that Climoson Industries are supposed to implement electronic monitoring of employees’ Internet use from their workstation to improve their work efficiency for the reason that he suppose that the staffs waste too much time on Internet recreation. While the argument seems to hold water at the first glance, whether the vice president’ s recommendation is reasonable hinges on the answers to several questions.

To begin with, the vice president’ s advise relies heavily on whether identifying and punishing the staffs would be sure to reduce the time they spend on recreational activities at work hours, a question that is not answered. Is it possible that in fact, when working, most of their staffs do not use Internet for fun, but for searching necessary information that is helpful for their daily tasks? Or is it possible that the staffs prefer to use their private devices, such as mobile phones and laptops, for recreational activities? If the answer to these questions are positive, then the vice president’ s advice is open to doubt.

Secondly, Even if we acknowledge for moment that the above mentioned method will actually help reduce employees’ time spent on recreational activities, it remains to be seen whether installing detecting software would prevent them wasting time and create a better work environment. We need to ask whether the all-day supervising would make them over-stressful and feel difficult to concentrate on tasks. Besides, whether they would choose other activities that may do harm to their work efficiency and the work ethic, such as talking with their colleagues or having a break frequently, is still in doubt. These scenarios would seriously challenge the predicted outcome, and render the vice president’ s recommendation much less advisable.

Finally, even if the monitoring software will certainly help improve the phenomenon of wasting time, we need to know whether this mean would also promote the overall profits of Climpson Industries. This is because that profitability is a function of both revenue and expense. Perhaps, the cost of installing and maintaining the monitoring software is so huge and even reduce the company’s profits. Or perhaps, the overall professional quality and ability of the employees are poor so that their productivity usually could not reach an ideal level. Unless the vice president gives a positive answer showing that these scenario will not happen, we remain unconvinced of such a recommendation in achieving the given goal.

To sum up, while I sympathize with the vice president’ s intention to improve the employees’ work performance and promote the company’s earnings, whether we should adopt the recommendation is subject to more considerations.