Scenario Informational Systems has had a poor quarterly performance. A head manager is having a meeting with a team member of Finance to discuss personal progress. Alan perceives himself to be a high-tech professional who relies on constant communication to get the job done. "You won't find me using dinosaur technologies around the office" says Alan. "I'm totally connected." A few of Alan's coworkers and his boss wonder sometimes if Alan sin't pushing his fascination with communication technology too far. When Alan attends a physical meting with his group, he keeps his smartphone at hand and his laptop open. He usually begins the meeting with a statement to the effect, "As I tweeted you folks earlier this morning, here is what we needed to accomplish today! Kim one of the logistics specialist in Alan's group, commented to a friend," Yesterday Alan was walking down my hall and about twenty feet from my cubicle. He has something important to tell me. So he sends me a text message instead of just entering my cubicle. I received his text message about two hours later because of a delay on the server. Alan was upset that I didn't respond more quickly to his message." Alan believes the workers should receive frequent feedback on performance rather than wait for the year-end review. To provide feedback to the members of his department, Alan relies mostly on posting messages on Facebook and sending tweets. A recent Facebook post to one worker was, "Good job on verifying the identity of the mysterious customer, but why did it take you so long?" A recent tweet to another worker was "U updated address database gr8. Ur totally Superwoman." Discussion Prompt What suggestions might you have for Alan to improve his use of communication technology in the office? How might Alan improve his written communication skills in order to qualify for a higher up position