Case study chapt 7

Case 1.

1. Yes, Managers should , because it's good action to prevent companies loss profit and productivity. If an employee does anything bad on the internet, the company is responsible for the action, since the computer is under the company name. So, it is just best for the business if managers monitor employee e-mails and internet usage.
2. I will provide the employees 15 minutes a day as their break time. Beyond that though, that time gets deducted from their paycheck because they are technically not on the clock if they are on the internet rather than doing their jobs.
3. The policies should also inform employees whether these activities are monitored and explain why. It would cause the employees to be more productive knowing they can't use the internet for personal use if they're being monitored.



Case 2.

1. Apple, Google, and Microsoft already compete in an assortment of fields. Google has a huge edge in advertising, thanks to its dominance in Internet search. Microsoft’s offering, Bing, has grown to about 10 percent of the search market, and the rest essentially belongs to Google. Apple is the leader in mobile software applications, thanks to the popularity of the App Store for its iPhones. Google and Microsoft have less popular app offerings on the Web. Microsoft is still the leader in PC operating system and desktop productivity software.

4. I think Google will prevail this epic struggle, because Google has a huge edge in advertising. And Google’s efforts to take on Apple began when it acquired Android, Inc., the developer of the mobile operating system of the same name by adding features that Apple’s offerings lacked, such as the ability to run multiple apps at once.

5. Consumers would be forced to buy only one product and use only one service. They would create a monopoly and the positive would be they would create a standard. This would affect quality; prices would be as high as possible because they would have no competition. No competition means nobody could force a monopolist from the outside to improve products, diversify rang or products and lower price. Right now it is too early to tell who would dominate the internet experience but it is good to have competition than just one market leader.