Employees Will Use Apps To Manage Their Work And Personal Life Better

Main Context

Write about the “Employees will use Apps to Manage their Work and Personal Life Better”.

The change in the latest trends and the rapid expansion of the technology has made it very easier for people to improve their living standards. There are different types of the applications available for different purposes. This research paper provides clear argument on the use of the applications for managing the work life and personal life of the employees (Alfes et al., 2013).  Different views and perception of the people have been provided to bring out the desired outcomes as to consider the use of these applications suitable or not.  Moreover, clear understandings on the implications of managers as well as the leaders are reflected throughout the research paper (“Australian HR Institute”, 2017). The managers and leaders of the organization are responsible for maintaining these commercial relationships.  Entrepreneurs are able to advertise various products and services, by uploading relevant information of the product, including images, prices, delivery information, and full description of the product. 

The advantages and disadvantages of different business processes which run by various apps need to be understood. In today’s world, communication is the foremost important part of every single commercial unit (Arends, 2014). It is a matter of fact that whether the use of applications by employees will help in managing their work processes and their personal life effectively.   Different arguments have been made from various other researchers on this particular topic, some of the researchers reveal the importance of the use of the application for the present generation, whereas some of the other researchers reveal the disadvantages of using this application. Starting from running a small business to enhance it, there is a competitive environment in the equivalent commercial units. Apart from this, the individuals also need to maintain their personal work life in balanced condition (Armstrong & Taylor, 2014). Sustaining in the business environment along with the individual lives is considered to be one of the hardest task f a company’s leaders and managers.  Communication is much important for relatives, as much in business sectors. 

Thinking of this concept, that, communication, the modern generation has invented a very innovative and unique media, through which, both Business relationships and family associations will be maintained in equal aspects. The study comprises of broad discussions about implications in favor of leaders and managers of various organizations, using various mobile apps. The process, where leaders of the top management run the business environment and personal lives linkage, is considered to be known as Digital Leadership (Brewster et al., 2016).  The roles of digital leadership or managing processes are accessed by both organizational and individual stages. The digital leadership allows the leaders, to gain various competitive advantages.  Leaders of every single commercial unit are recommended to utilize the benefit of this app advantage in family and work life. 

Uses of Apps in Business

Business at present age, are getting more profitable and exploring by means of modern technology. There are various digital collaborations within customers, employees, vendors, management team of other branches of the company. The managers and leaders of the organization are responsible for maintaining these commercial relationships. The fact is that it is difficult to maintain these communication processes, by long distance travel and expense. Telephonic conversations are not always enough to communicate with the business people. Sometimes, sudden changes in the decision making occur within managers, which are need to inform to the desired destination in a proper manner. Documental changes cannot be transferred or received by only telephonic conversations (Budhwar & Debrah, 2013). Other critical issues rise in business communication processes such as payment process of delivering products and services. The main benefit of using mobile applications for a business is that having the app in the individual’s mobile set, operations like, surfing products, prices, online shopping, daily news updates, will become easier. The company will be reflected more advanced, towards the social world. Besides this, the hiring process will become easier. Customers, vendors, employees and the other public will be instantly connected with the company, by updated messages, emails, chats, etc. Customers can be able to get informed about special offers and deals of the company. On the other hand, there are some of the adverse effects of using these applications which are described below.

Likewise, the leaders need to deal with business; it is also a vital part of the individual, to stay connected with family and friends. A manager is a human being, apart from a leader of a particular organization (Certo, 2015).  Continuous involvement with the business tasks, a leader cannot survive well. The person also needs to spend time with family and friends. Telephonic communication generates much expense (Cummings & Worley, 2014). It is not possible always to dial every contact numbers, and pursue communication, whether it is with customers or staffs, or friends & relatives. There will be many important calls to receive from customers, vendors, employees, and other people too. Mobile apps allow a leader to send information by a single click. Sometimes, it is not possible for the manager, to have daily conversations with the family, relatives, and friends, at a convenient time. For example, a sudden urgent work came, and the leader has to deal with it, but a call is coming from the home. An immediate message can be sent to the person via social chatting sites. Chatting with family and friends can be also done on the daily basis while working.  Relatives and friends in distance,

Uses of apps in Personal Communication

It is a matter of fact that there are many of the significant advantages of using this application effectively in order to manage the work life as well as the personal life. Therefore, people need to be aware of the use of applications (Davenport, 2013). The argument is regarding the use of the various applications for managing the work life and personal life is rising because of many advantages and disadvantages that people have experienced from these applications.   

 Increase in productivity: Proper use of mobile apps by a business leader creates a potential advantage to the business. The app helps the business leader of a particular firm, by performing all the tasks at the convenient time, which are supposed to be undone due to lack of time. Every single task will be operated completely around the clock.  For example, if an entrepreneur wants to run a shop, a mobile app if made as a commercial tool, the selling gets increased to a large extent. The process of selling products and services are been processed in 24*7 manner. But, still there remains an argument with other entrepreneurs, that, having a website is enough to run a fair business (Emmer & Evertson, 2016). There are various tabs are there in the apps, each consisting of identical functions. Add the product of the shopping tab, allows consumers to buy the product directly from the app. Entrepreneurs are able to showcase or advertise various products and services, by uploading relevant information of the product, including images, prices, delivery information, and full description of the product (Fee, 2014). Hence, customers could easily browse, compare with lots of products, achieve exact product information, and finally buy the products. There is online billing system, by which, customers can be able to place the order of the products by online mode (Harvey & Allard, 2015). Mobile app helps managers to consume a lot of time. Time gets consumed in another way, as placing the order via telephonic is not necessary always, because few of the customers are placing the order via the mobile app. There is no hassle in ordering products; the entire business process becomes very easier and smarter.

Instant feedback from customers: Achieving good feedbacks and experience reviews from the customers, gives a good impact on the business. Every entrepreneur wishes and has a hope of getting satisfactory towards the business of its own (Herrmann & Herrmann-Nehdi, 2015). Customer satisfactory by the products and services of the company makes the manager, feel happy. The biggest reward for a manager is to achieve happy customer’s feedback and excellent product reviews. There are a feedback and review giving tab in company’s mobile app, by means of which, customers are able to give feedbacks, and reviews on the services taken from that particular company (Kramar et al., 2014). While, there is a negative point of view from few of the community that, getting bad feedbacks and weak reviews from few customers and other social community, gives a bad impact on the organization. As a result, the company gets the bad reputation in the market, for which, coming from new customers become typical.                                                                                                                      

Advantages of Using Mobile Apps to Maintain Work Life and Business Environment in Balance Mode

 Time consume in phone calls: The managers had to deal, and response to lots of calls, messages, of customers, vendors, employees, senior managerial team, and the other social community, in daily basis, via telephone, emails, social media, etc. Having the mobile app, makes this communication simple. There is a digital service, named, bulk SMS and Bulk-email, which are inputted in mobile applications, to generate more commercial benefits for a manager or leader of a particular organization. While, sending same SMS and email to many people, an individual can send same messages and emails in just one click to different individuals, via bulk SMS and bulk Email service in a mobile app (Kramar & Syed, 2012). So, basically, the time management remains genuine. Not only this, having company mobile app, helps the manager to save full details of customer’s information, including, product order, address, etc. While, few of the society, argues to this statement, that, using this mobile app service, requires extra cost.

Instant customer communication: The Company’s mobile app helps the managers to advertise products and services of the company in a faster way. Consumers and clients are able to get information about various special offers and deals from the company, via mail updates, text messages in mobiles, in exact time. Providing relevant and exact information of products order and delivery process,   return and exchange of inappropriate products give customer fully satisfied by instant communication process by the company’s management team. The customer finds a clear about the particular company, which creates a loyalty relationship with the company, the manager gets satisfied too. Instant messages, emails updates, from the managers, maintains the communication process in a fair manner (Purce, 2014).

Loyal customer relationship: A good customer relationship affects a lot to a business or organization. Mobile app of the company enables the managers and leaders of the association to stay connected instantly with the customers and clients. There are several critical issues, such as handling certain complaints from the customers, are managed by the leaders. Having a mobile app, handling the issues, by replying to the emails, messages, social texts, at the same time, will become easier (Renwick, 2013). While, the argument from other public is that, server problems makes many of the customers get rude, by not getting communicated with the company. 

Maintaining work-life balance does not work easier all time for the leaders of an organization. It has been observed from this study, that, an app has made the maintenance of business tasks along with the personal life of the managers very easier. A business leader can easily communicate with the employees, customers, vendors, and other social communities at the same time via digitalized mobile applications (Storey, 2014). Various benefits and implications of leaders and managers of an organization has been discussed in this paper, including customer relationship, time consume, enhancement of productivity, instant feedback and reviews from the customers. In the same time, the leader is able to communicate with the family via social media chats, which remains as an option in the mobile application (Sparrow et al., 2016). Communication, between the employees and the clients with managers, remain in an appropriate manner, whereas, some of the leaders don’t follow the concept of mobile app business strategy to maintain personal life balance with work life. They have a belief that, certain negative product reviews, gives bad impact to the organization (Swink et al., 2014).  But, it is the fact that, using mobile app in business is the innovative style of trading, where managers advertise their products and services via email and SMS updates. Several arguments from the other citizens arise, such as, failure of communication due to technical and server problems, which gives bad effect to the business.

Conclusion

The study concludes about the usage of applications as a commercial tool for business, which can maintain a good work-life balance for managers and leaders of a particular business or organization. The paper presents an effective argument that whether the use of applications will improve the work life and personal life of the respective employees.  Several arguments are there, related to the concept of good implications towards managers for using a business app. Some of the leaders believe and follow using mobile applications for their business to maintain the good relationship with customers, clients, employees and other social communal, while, some belief in maintaining the strong relationship with either business or personal life. But, the present research tells, that, using mobile apps in business generates more earnings and profits of the organization.  Therefore, it becomes very important for the employees to understand the positive as well as the negative aspects of using the applications for managing their work life along with their personal life. 

In order to increase the effectiveness of the work processes, many of the applications r playing a significant role. As per the latest trends, people are becoming more prone to the use of the latest technologies as to improve their own personal life. Thus, it is recommended that one should have the desired knowledge of the advantages as well as the disadvantages of using the applications for managing work processes along with the personal life of the respective employees.  The use of the different applications helps in enhancing the effective communication between the individuals concerned and therefore the desired message can be communicated between them.   By means of various apps, a manager can be able to drive business deals, along with family communication. Consumers can search different products, of different rates, and can buy their deserved products, in an easier process, having the mobile application of that particular business.

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