Chapter B, Problem B7.6CCO

Explanation of Solution

Electronic monitoring:

It gives an unbiased method of performance evaluation. It prevents the involvement of managers’ personal feelings in an employee review, offering a uniform and accurate feedback on past performance.

Despite its small positive impact on employee performance and morale and its negatives are given below:

• Isolation
  • Lack of employees control and freedom, and self-involvement in their work causes isolation.
• Decreased job variety
  • Most of the time low-skilled employees are monitored for their works. Since the employees’ tasks are measured they can’t afford to take a break. Consequently their performance speed slow down. This increases the boredom of their activities.
• Lack of interest in the job
  • Low self-esteem makes people lose interest in their works...