Case in Point 8.4: Trustworthy Insurance Company Trustworthy Insurance maintains
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Question
Case in Point 8.4: Trustworthy Insurance Company
Trustworthy Insurance maintains its headquarters in a large Midwestern city. Right now, a debate is raging in the IT department. Several analysts want to use standard, company-wide desktop screen layouts and icons. Others want to allow users to set up their screens any way they choose. Those who argue for standardization point out that Trustworthy employs a number of part-time employees, who fill in for employees on vacation. Without a standard interface, these people would have to reorient to every workstation, and the proponents of standardization claim that would reduce productivity and increase costs. Those opposed to standardization believe that employees are most productive when they have control over their workplace, including the ability to design an interface they feel is attractive, even if no one else does.
You are on a committee that was charged with resolving this issue, and yours is the tie-breaking vote. What will you decide, and why?
Explanation / Answer
As a deciding commity member, I would go with standered interface and I will vote for it. The reason behind is, as a compmany we should follow some basic standards and regulations. Following standard interface will reduce the cost and maintain the productivity high even if the emplyee is on vacation and if part time employee comes and work on it, they doeesnt have to do extra settings or orientations. So, Instead of customised interface which every employee will do as per their interest, we should go for anf folow a standard and common to all interface. I dont at all think employee productivity will decrease by following this.
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