It is a popular topic of discussion and debate. With the proliferation of technology that enables us to be globally connected all the time. While that has made communication and collaboration faster and arguably more efficient and convenient it has posed challenges to maintaining a work-life balance. According to the Harvard Business Review (Links to an external site.) 24/7 responsiveness quickly becomes a vicious cycle: “Responsiveness breeds the need for more responsiveness. When people are “always on” responsiveness becomes ingrained in the way they work expected by clients and partners and even institutionalized in performance metrics. There is no impetus to explore whether the work actually requires 24/7 responsiveness; to the contrary people just work harder and longer without considering how they could work better.” (Perlow & Porter 2009 last paragraph) Numerous articles and presentations discuss the issue of the impact of longer work hours and increasing demands on workers. Read the following articles: Watch these Ted Talks: After reading the articles and watching the videos what do you think? Answer that question in a thoughtful post of at least 500 words. Consider the following in your post: Requirements: … | .doc file Feeling Overworked? Heres What Happens to Your Mind (and Body) When You Work Long Hours (Rescue Time:blog) (Links to an external site.) ABC News – Americans: Overworked Over stressed (Internet Archive) (Links to an external site.) Work-life Balance is Important. But We Need a Better Word for It. (CNN Money) (Links to an external site.) The Fallacy of the Work/Life Balance (YouTube 11:19) How to Make Work-Life Balance Work (YouTube 13:14) I Dont Believe in Work-Life Balance (YouTube 16:22) How important is work-life balance? How is it related to productivity? How is it related to worker well-being? Be specific and cite evidence. Who has the responsibility of maintaining workloads that ensure work-life balance for workers? How is it possible to balance productivity and competitiveness with work-life balance? What parts of the articles and Ted Talks did you agree with? What parts did you disagree with? ‘
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