Comments on: Why Multitasking Can be Bad for Business

By: mi amore

mi amore — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:03:09 +0000

for me, i think there is no wrong about multitasking because it develops employee’s skills not only on the field he had learned from his degree, it will enhance the person’s potential to become more effective and efficient towards the job he handles. On the other hand, multitasking can become bad if the quality of work is sacrifice. This is also considers the motivational factors employer gives to the employee thru the right salary, right working environment and fair management practices.

By: taorist

taorist — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:03:30 +0000

First off, thanks for the posting!

There are ways to make working life flow smoother by actually ACTUALLY thinking and reviewing job descriptions. Some JDs were just done in the heat of the moment (the day before). This results in further confusion and demoralization.

Hopefully, I can do something about from the inside.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Fri, 19 May 2006 04:17:53 +0000

Lex, you know, I agree with your point, too. I’m for being a jack-of-all-trades (and master of none). Duplicity is good, too, in that critical functions are not stopped when one of your employees is absent. But Taorist’s (and my) point is that employees are oft overloaded, and hence their focus tends to sway away from their core functions. And then they aren’t adequately compensated for the added workload (especially in our country!).

By: Lex

Lex — Fri, 19 May 2006 04:00:27 +0000

I suppose by multitasking means an employer diversifies the work an employee does, thus, an employee never gets to master a specific point of his job discription. Yes that’s bad.
On my point of view, if I were to hire an employee, I’d prefer one who knows more than his/her job discription.
An office must continue to function even in the absence of a co-worker. So an employee who could perform, as substitute for the absence co-worker, with appriciable efficiency usually has an edge, at least, in my point of view.