[Air-l] FW: CNET - British boss bans e-mail

[Paul M.A. Baker]

I found this interesting...
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British boss bans e-mail
By Jo Best 
Special to CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/2100-1022-5079151.html 

The chief of U.K. mobile phone retailer Phones 4U has insisted that staff
talk rather than e-mail, saying there will be instant benefits from the
interdiction. 
John Caudwell, CEO of High Street mobile retailer Phones 4U, announced
Thursday that he'll ban all employees from using e-mail across the business.


The reasoning behind the total ban is apparently to improve productivity by
reducing the time Phones 4U employees spend unnecessarily on e-mail--which
Caudwell estimates will save the company around $1.6 million (1 million
British pounds) a month. 

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