Introduction to Email Productivity

By IntroBooks Team

Email productivity has gradually become one of the leading
areas of research in human-computer interaction due to
increasing email users. With the rapid advancement in the field
of communication, email has started to play a central role in
business communication. According to a research report, email
volume is growing at a speed of nearly 15pc per year1.
However, increased reliance on email has resulted in the
proliferation of messages in the mail-boxes.
Consequently, this has engendered a variety of issues for email
users. For instance, health issues, lack of time management,
opportunity cost, and other problems. But, these problems can
be overcome by taking multi-pronged remedial measures for
increasing efficiency in managing email. Several writers have
suggested their own methods for increasing email productivity;
however, these methods can be categorized into three groups:
email management techniques for the individual employee, plans
for the organization or the employer, and inbox usability
improvements by the software programmer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IntroBooks
• Release date: Nov 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393292142

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Preface

Email productivity has gradually become one of the leading areas of research in human-computer interaction due to increasing email users. With the rapid advancement in the field of communication, email has started to play a central role in business communication. According to a research report, email volume is growing at a speed of nearly 15pc per year¹. However, increased reliance on email has resulted in the proliferation of messages in the mail-boxes.

Consequently, this has engendered a variety of issues for email users. For instance, health issues, lack of time management, opportunity cost, and other problems. But, these problems can be overcome by taking multi-pronged remedial measures for increasing efficiency in managing email. Several writers have suggested their own methods for increasing email productivity; however, these methods can be categorized into three groups: email management techniques for the individual employee, plans for the organization or the employer, and inbox usability improvements by the software programmer.

Summary

Email productivity refers to the utilization of email management techniques by a worker to optimize his performance at work. In other words, email productivity means to increase the efficiency of a worker during work by improving his email handling.

In today’s age of technology, email has started to play a vital part for communication in the workplace. Every worker uses his email to transfer information to others. However, this sending of email does not make part of his responsibilities. This further increases the number of emails in a worker’s inbox. Thus, an email overload occurs when an employee is unable to deal with the overflow of emails, and ultimately, he starts lagging behind his work schedule. In an organization,