Multitasking: is it a boon or a bane? Though the term multitasking has become much more prevalent in last twenty years, it is actually not an entirely new sensation. Corporations across the world focus only on the bottom line so as to maximize shareholder wealth. They therefore expect from an employee to do multiple jobs at one go, and make him stretch his ability. I believe that it is absolutely unwarranted.
There is a widespread assumption about employees' multitasking skill that it is useful for corporations. It is a kind of a snake oil symposium. At face value, it looks a boon, but the analysis and facts show otherwise. Multitasking causes loss of productivity, switching between cognitive tasks costs time and money both. Furthermore, inattention causes more mistakes, anxiety; prevents a critical innovation. The human brain, unlike computers, takes around twenty five minutes to return to the original task where it was left off. This results into Continuous Partial Attention (CPA) which can be termed as an illness. Ergo, it nowhere serves the purpose for corporations.
There are apparent benefits associated with multitasking, whether it is perceived or real. Firstly, it helps the doer feel a sense of accomplishing more in a shorter pace, At the same point, the employee becomes more marketable compared to his peers. Secondly, employees feel confident in writing this attainment on their resumes, too. They, unarguably, believe that no stage is wasted away, and it also helps them kill boredom. Headhunters capitalize on such employees' so called quality and misconception, and up their expectations for them to complete many jobs in a day. This habit of some corporations becomes a crutch forever. Invariably. Both corporations and employees believe that multitasking is a boon.
In my final analysis, the demerits associated with multitasking greatly outweigh its merits. On the other hand, mono-tasking is a more established and proven method of working.
Multitasking: is it a boon or a bane? Though the term multitasking has become much more prevalent in last twenty years, it is actually not an
entirely
new sensation.
Corporations
across the world focus
only
on the bottom line
so as to
maximize shareholder wealth. They
therefore
expect
from an
employee
to do multiple jobs at one go, and
make
him stretch his ability. I believe that it is
absolutely
unwarranted.
There is a widespread assumption about employees' multitasking
skill
that it is useful for
corporations
. It is a
kind of a
snake oil symposium. At face value, it looks a boon,
but
the analysis and facts
show
otherwise
. Multitasking causes loss of productivity, switching between cognitive tasks costs time and money both.
Furthermore
, inattention causes more mistakes, anxiety;
prevents
a critical innovation. The human brain, unlike computers, takes around
twenty five
minutes to return to the original task where it was
left
off. This results into Continuous Partial Attention (CPA) which can
be termed
as an illness. Ergo, it nowhere serves the purpose for corporations.
There are apparent benefits associated with multitasking, whether it
is perceived
or real.
Firstly
, it
helps
the doer feel a sense of accomplishing more in a shorter pace, At the same point, the
employee
becomes more marketable compared to his peers.
Secondly
,
employees
feel confident in writing this attainment on their resumes, too. They,
unarguably
, believe that no stage
is wasted
away, and it
also
helps
them kill boredom. Headhunters capitalize on such employees'
so called
quality and misconception, and up their expectations for them to complete
many
jobs in a day. This habit of
some
corporations
becomes a crutch forever.
Invariably
. Both
corporations
and
employees
believe that multitasking is a boon.
In my final analysis, the demerits associated with multitasking
greatly
outweigh its merits.
On the other hand
, mono-tasking is a more established and proven method of working.