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Innovation Changes-Informative Comparison/Contrast Revision

04/15/2022

Poor work-life balance can be a major issue in workplaces. It can be tasking hence and requires more attention and innovative ideas to solve the issue and meet productivity at all departmental levels in an organization. It is important to understand that the time spent in offices does not mean more work is done as it does not guarantee quality. Employers who want their employees to spend more time at work are risking the mental health status of the personnel, which is likely to affect their performance. The best solution for this case is to create innovative ways that are likely to solve the challenge and ensure a balance. The company should then implement a cloud technology or a scheduling software such as Zoom shift. The company can still focus on a communication tool such as Slack to ensure consistency in sharing information between departmental levels to address work schedules. Comment by Brooks, Hannah (TVAH Teacher): Compared to the first submission, this is a much clearer thesis statement. It’s in the introduction, so the reader understands from the beginning what points you are going to make.

A work-life balance is created with the help of technology and innovation methods to find what best fits a specific organization. Work-life balance is about finding the perfect job and having set boundaries that help meet effective daily routines both at work and at home. The best innovations that can be implemented in addressing the issue are technological advancements such as implementing cloud technologies that can easily coordinate schedules, give notifications, and allow sharing of work progress among employees (Poulose 7 Sudarsan, 2018). Employers are often advised to invest in rest to reflect on peak performance. Work-life balance reflects a workplace culture and the relationship between employees, managerial staff, and employers. Comment by Brooks, Hannah (TVAH Teacher): The addition of these sentences is a strong revisions that provides more foundation to your discussion.

The first implementation method is using cloud technology software such as Zoom shift and Ggoogle. Google has, however, offered a better and simplified integration way between messaging, document collaborations, and video conferencing. They both are attached with the same features such as programs collaborations. The tools can be used in scheduling activities for all the employees by coordinating them and sending notifications to ensure they work on time. This cloud technology tool is important in increasing productivity and allows employers to schedule time best for workers to handle more quality tasks within less time. The software can still be used over long distances, improving workplace productivity and ensuring more work is done within normal working hours (Wood et al.,2020).

More importantly, Zoom shift is among the best work-scheduling applications that help in planning within organizations and can help in supporting work-life balance. The software allows the effortless creation of schedules such as rotating and shifting. It is also advantageous in tracking employees' time spent as it offers flexibility that best allows a team to handle challenges successfully. The best way to enhance work-life balance is to schedule tasks with appropriate time allocations to allow employees to leave after work early enough. Zoom shift is similar to Ggoogle Ccloud technology in managing time, however is different when integrate activities but allocates accordingly (Washington, 2020). Zoom shift ensures work flexibility and better communication between employees and their employers. Comment by Brooks, Hannah (TVAH Teacher): Great use of a transition. This flows more naturally than the original draft.

The other method used in implementing solutions for creating a work-life balance at work is Slack. This communication tool connects different departments by serving as a hub for several departmental activities to ensure effectiveness. All these activities aim to reduce the time taken to operate in offices while offering quality work to save time for work-life balance. This ensures that boundaries for communication are set important to address work-life balance. Parameters for work schedules boost the operation of Slack and set to pass information and instructions into task. Managers and team members are expected to share their views through the software to reach a common point of allocating work shifts and ensuring top-notch productivity (Kates et al.,2020). Comment by Brooks, Hannah (TVAH Teacher): Great elaboration on how you envision these parameters.

Managers are expected to continuously encourage open communication between employees and the rest of the departmental managers. It is made possible by putting systems that allow the travel of messages from top to bottom and otherwise. Lack of communication is often the major issue within organizations, leading to several departmental issues. Slack comes in to address the challenge of communication in workplaces by allowing employees to speak out and employers to allocate activities in time that favour both the organization and workers. Comment by Brooks, Hannah (TVAH Teacher): Changing “that leads” to “leading” is a minor, but effective revision that better works with the cause/effect organization you’re using.

In conclusion, work-life balance is a major issue in any organization and affects how much a company is likely to be productive. Technological advancements play a major role in ensuring work balance using Slack, zoom shift, and google integration. Managers and employers should note the most effective technological advancements to put in use to solve workplace challenges. Comment by Brooks, Hannah (TVAH Teacher): Putting the focus back onto productivity is another effective change, as it flows better with that you discuss in this paper.

Reflection

I used the block format in organizing all my work while addressing innovations to solve workplace challenges. The format is easier to read and uses standard block letter styles, making the work more presentable. I choose the format to improve the organization of points further. It is also a more efficient way to write down assignments as it is simple and gives informative information. Informative writing contains details about a specific topic, unlike other styles that address more facts or personal ideas that differentiate from the rest of the assignments. I found it less difficult to offer my opinions on the topic. It is braced with research and opinions on workplace challenges. This makes it simpler to address the same challenges easier. I used technology in finding solutions to the problem. This is from scholarly sources and the internet. I also implemented technological concepts that can handle the pain points within organizations. I struggled with the first part of the draft due to finding the most practical challenge within an organization. The challenge is what determines the innovativeness used. I can further improve a draft by revision, editing, and even rewriting to make it sounder. I will incorporate more research to foster understanding and have an outline.

Reflection Questions

The time spent on revising and editing the draft is approximately 30 minutes, this is by first proofreading my context, analysing and adding on the depth analysis of the topic while addressing the common challenges that were in the Paper. The identified issues were majorly word and sentence structures which is revised thoroughly. While addressing and adding onto in-depth context of the work, I made use of mind maps to connect previous ideas and new concepts and reflecting. The essay has significantly improved on quality and material context as well as sentence structure which makes it more readable and understandable than the previous draft. The clarity, focus and structure of the ideas of the topic are now more composed. This has made the context more familiar and can be understood by the professor after proofreading.

I learned most about the entire drafting and revising the informative composition is about the significance of clarity, structure and content of information. One of the ways to improve clarity is through making communication specific about what context the research topic is about. Terms and phrases could be avoided to avoid different meaning of concepts. The value of clarity in writing is important than others could think which revealed something unexpected about the significance of clarity in assignments.

Poor work-life balance can be a major issue in workplaces and can be tasking hence requires more attention and innovative ideas to address to solve the issue and meet productivity at all departmental levels in an organization. It is important to understand that the time spent in offices does not mean more work is done as it does not guarantee quality. Employers who want their employees to spend more time at work are risking the mental health status of the personnel which is likely to affect their performance. The best solution for this case is to create innovative ways that are likely to solve the challenge and ensure a balance. Employers are often advised to invest in rest to reflect on peak performance. Work-life balance reflects a workplace culture and the relationship between employees, managerial staff, and employers.

A work-life balance is created with the help of technology and innovation methods to find what best fits a specific organization. Work-life balance is not only about finding the perfect job but having set boundaries that help in meeting effective daily routines both at work and at home. The best innovations that can be implemented in addressing the issue are technological advancements such as implementing cloud technologies that can easily coordinate schedules, give notifications and allow sharing of work progress among employees (Poulose 7 Sudarsan,2018). The company should then implement a cloud technology or a scheduling software such as Zoom shift. The company can still focus on a communication tool such as slack to ensure consistency in sharing of information between departmental levels to address work schedules.

The first implementation method is by use of cloud technology software such as Zoom shift and google. Google has however offered a better and simplified integration way between messaging, document collaborations, and video conferencing. The tools can be used in scheduling activities for all the employees by coordinating them and sending notifications to ensure they work on time. This cloud technology tool is important in increasing productivity and allows employers to schedule time best for workers to handle more and quality tasks within lesser time. The software can still be used over long distances hence improving productivity at workplaces and ensuring more work is done within normal working hours (Wood et al,2020).

Zoom shift is among the best work-scheduling applications that help in planning within organizations and can help in supporting work-life balance. The software allows the effortless creation of schedules such as rotating and shifting. It is also advantageous in tracking employees' time spent as it offers flexibility that best allows a team to successfully handle challenges. The best way to enhance work-life balance is to schedule tasks with appropriate time allocations to allow employees to leave after work early enough. Zoom shift is similar to google cloud technology in managing time but is different in that it does not integrate activities but allocates each accordingly (Washington,2020). Zoom shift ensures flexibility of work and better communication between employees and their employers.

The other method that can be used in implementing solutions for creating a work-life balance at work in Slack. This is a communication tool that connects different departments by serving as a hub for several departmental activities to ensure effectiveness. All these activities are aimed at reducing the time taken to operate in offices while offering quality work to save time for work-life balance. This ensures that boundaries for communication are set important to address work-life balance. Parameters for work schedules boost the operation of Slack. Managers and team members are expected to share their views through the software to reach a common point of how work shifts can be allocated and ensure productivity is top-notch (Kates et al,2020).

Managers are expected to continuously encourage open communication between employees and the rest of the departmental managers. It is made possible by putting systems that allow the travel of messages from top to bottom and otherwise. Lack of communication is often the major issue within organizations that leads to several departmental issues. Slack comes in between to address the challenge of communication in workplaces by allowing employees to speak out and employers to allocate activities in time that favour both the organization and workers.

In conclusion, work-life balance is a major issue in any type of organization and affects how much a company is likely to be productive and employees' mental health is ensured. Technological advancements play a major role in ensuring work balance with the use of Slack, zoom shift, and google integration. Managers and employers should take note of the most effective technological advancements to put in use to solve workplace challenges.

Reflection

I used the block format in organizing all my work while addressing innovations to solve workplace challenges. The format is way easier to read and uses standard block letter styles making the work more presentable. I choose the format to further improve the organization of points. It is also a more efficient way to write down assignments as it is simple and in giving informative information. Informative writing contains details about a specific topic, unlike other styles that address more facts or personal ideas that create a difference from the rest of the assignments. I found it less difficult to offer my opinions on the topic. It is braced with research and opinions on workplace challenges. This makes it simpler to address the same challenges easier. I used technology in finding solutions to the problem. This is from scholarly sources and the internet. I also implemented technological concepts that can handle the pain points within organizations. I struggled with the first part of the draft due to finding the most applicable challenge within an organization. The challenge is what determines the innovativeness used. I can further improve a draft by revision, editing and even rewriting to make it sounder. I will incorporate more research to foster understanding and have an outline.

References

1. Kates, F. R., Samuels, S. K., Case, J. B., & Dujowich, M. (2020). Lessons Learned from a pilot study implementing a team-based messaging application (Slack) to improve communication and teamwork in Veterinary Medical Education. Journal of veterinary medical education, 47(1), 18-26.

2. Poulose, S., & Sudarsan, N. (2018). Work-life balance: A conceptual review. International Journal of Advances in Agriculture Sciences.

3. Washington, C. D. (2020). Increased Access to Information Communication Technologies and Work-Life Balance with K-12 Leaders.

4. Wood, J., Oh, J., Park, J., & Kim, W. (2020). The relationship between work engagement and work-life balance in organizations: A review of the empirical research. Human Resource Development Review, 19(3), 240-262.