Employees are being flooded with too much information that has little to do with their wor

Employees are being flooded with too much information that has little to do with their work, according to a new survey.
On average, white-collar workers spend 51 percent of their work time receiving and processing information. Only one third of it was relevant to their work, the survey found. Information overload for white collar workers has bee a global issue. The huge amount of information has already affected their efficiency in management as well as their performance at work.
Buried with e-mails
Every morning, a secretary at the human resources department of an auto parts pany opens her e-mail box, only to find it crammed with at least 50 unread mails. For her, even scanning through these e-mails every day takes at least half an hour. Some of her colleagues are not so lucky — they have to read at least 100.
Bothered with calls
Telephone calls are also causing a problem. More than 40 percent white-collar workers chose mobile phones as the preferred way to municate important and urgent business matters.
Talking saves time and energy over the clicking, reading and replying to e-mails, but phone calls are also more distracting(分心的). While answering a call, a clerk is likely to put away a much more important task at hand and start the business being talked about on the phone.
Solution? Not yet.
Many panies start with providing staff with better puters, better Internet access and more advanced gadgets(装置). For example, staff members above a certain level in one pany will be provided with a blackberry phone for easier access to their e-mails. The pany has also organized many lectures on efficient ways of e-mail management. Yet most white-collar workers think their panies can do more.
【小题1】What does the new survey find about white-collar workers?A．They spend 51% of their work time on meetings.B．Only half of the information they receive is useful.C．Over 60% of them prefer to use the telephone.D．Some of them have to read at least 100 e-mails every day.【小题2】Telephone calls cause a problem because     .A．they take up the time to receive and send e-mailsB．they are often not answeredC．they are mostly not about businessD．they may lead to the changing of work schedule【小题3】How do some panies try to solve the problem of information overload?A．They start to give staff a pay rise.B．They plan to employ more people.C．They provide employees with more advanced equipment.D．They organize lectures on how to reduce stress.【小题4】What is the major issue discussed in this text?A．Poor management leads to inefficiency at work.B．Junk mail is causing big trouble.C．White-collar workers suffer from information overload.D．Better puters are in need in workplaces.D