3_ProfKim

** From: ** Stella Soto  ** Subject: ** E-Mail Problems Dear Managers, I need your help and advice to address an urgent problem— excessive e-mail. Your ideas will assist us in the development of a plan that should benefit your staff, yourself, and our organization. I have prepared a list of questions regarding email usage. Please send me your response by May 5th as the results will be shared on May 10th at the supervisory committee meeting. The questions are as follows: Everyone had the expectation that e-mail would be an excellent productivity tool; I’m afraid that this may not be the case. For our organization, it is actually cutting into work time. Did you know that one study found that the average office worker is spending two hours a day on e-mail? In our organization we may be spending even more than this due to an extraordinary number of e-mails per day. Excessive e-mail is exhausting the organization’s productivity. Additionally, I’m wondering what you think about an e-mail-free Friday. I appreciate your suggestions and advice in developing a solution to improve productivity. I may be contacting you before May 5th to help us focus on the problem. Thank you. Best wishes, Stella
 * To: ** Amsoft Manager List
 * Approximately how many personal e-mail messages do you receive and answer each day?
 * How many hours do your staff members spend on e-mail each day?
 * How can we reduce the volume of e-mail messages being sent and received within our own organization?
 * Do you think that e-mail is being used excessively?