Course Project

MGMT591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior

February 3, 2013

Overview of Organization

Preliminary Problem Statement
How technology is changing the way we face our day to day business challenges and solutions. I will focus on how new technology approaches with smartphones and tablets will provide advantages for managers and employees. My approach will be to demonstrate that by providing these devices to managers and employees will set their companies above the competition. Some benefits of using smartphones and tablets are the ability to submit real time scope audits and quicker communication between the corporation and its clients. Companies that are converting to this technology are increasing their stake in the market.

Literature Review

According to Andrew Douglas (2011), “Smartphone’s allow firms access to their company files

and networks in an affordable way and can provide a business communications lifeline when

other systems fail. He goes on to state that through Smartphone’s management is able to

communicate immediately with employees to inform them of any incident, check on their

safety and location and communicate necessary measures or contact details. The advantages of

Smartphone’s over regular mobile phones are that most of these activities can be automated

via dedicated software applications and that much of the relevant documents, such as business

continuity plans, employee contact details and required actions can be stored on the device

itself, so that they are available even if the mobile network is not functioning.”

Anise Smith (2011) states that “Tablets are becoming really mainstream because they offer the

ability to use technology anytime and anyplace. Tablets allow the mobility of a cellular phone

but the capabilities of a traditional computer. As tablets