Tag: mobile technology trends

The results of a recent study showed that 96 percent of employees in this industry want these devices.

According to the results of a survey of the members of the National Association of Social Workers, mobile technology is a very important tool that allows those people to be able to do their job.

The survey asked two primary questions of the social workers and the responses were overwhelming.

The research was conducted by SocialWorkHelper.com and it asked two separate questions of the members of the association. The first was “Do you think mobile technology would help you do your job?” and the second was “Is mobile technology for social workers a priority for your organization?” The results were quite clear and showed that tech such as smartphones and tablets could play a critical role in the life of a social worker and in his or her ability to do the job well, conveniently, and efficiently.

Among the respondents, 96 percent said that mobile technology would be beneficial to their jobs.

On the other hand, the responses showed that social workers do not feel that their organizations think that mobile tech is as much of a priority as the individual employees do. When asked if their organizations feel that it is a priority, only 55 percent said that they felt that it was. According to the report on the research, it means that while the individuals feel that mobile devices could help them to do their jobs, they don’t feel that their organizations are prioritizing the tools that they need in order to be as efficient and as effective as they can be.

This isn’t good news for the industry, as that type of conflicting mindset can be damaging to overall morale and can result in worker frustration and even burnouts.

The report stated that the results of the survey indicated that mobile tools could be very helpful particularly in areas such as child protective services (CPS), and that the areas in which social workers can benefit the most from mobile technology includes:

• Less time spent on paperwork
• Greater access to useful information while in the field
• Reduced time with families and children
• Lower risk of burnout
• Improved data collection and information quality

People are hooked on smartphones and a new report has shown that those monthly bills are adding up.

A recent report issued by Boston Consulting Group has shown that consumers love their mobile technology and those from developed countries (the United States, Germany, and South Korea) are currently paying an average of about $6,000 per year on them.

This represents the equivalent to 12 percent of the average annual income and includes devices and services.

The sales and use of mobile technology, specifically cell phones and smartphones, generated almost $3.3 trillion in global revenues, last year, said a Qualcomm commission report entitled “The Mobile Revolution: How Mobile Technologies Drive a Trillion-Dollar Impact” report. It also stated that the aggregate annual consumer surplus – that is, the benefit above and beyond what is paid directly for mobile services – is considerably higher, at a total of about $6.4 trillion.

Most of the people who were surveyed said they would rather give up dining out for a year than their mobile technology.

They also said that they would give up going on vacation for a year in order to be able to hang on to their mobile devices. The research included the participation of 7,500 consumers in the United States, Germany, Brazil, India, China, and South Korea.

In Korea and China, the majority of smartphone users said that they would prefer to give up their home broadband internet connection than go without their devices.

According to senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group, David Michael, who was also the report’s lead author, “The typical U.S. consumer reports that their mobile phone connection creates more than $5,800 in value for them per year, over and above what they pay. That surprised us.”

Michael also pointed out that it was interesting to observe the value that consumers applied to mobile services within emerging markets. Among Indian and Chinese consumers, over 60 percent claimed that their mobile device services gave them access to new opportunities in generating income.

The report indicated that from 2009 through 2013, the mobile technologies industry made capital expenditures and research and development investments of $18 trillion.