THE FUTURE OF BYOD IN ORGANIZATIONS AND HIGHER INSTITUTION OF LEARNING

Onyechere Ugochukwu Franklin, Mohamed Ismail Z.
2015 International Journal of Information Systems and Engineering  
B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device) or B.Y.O.T. (Bring your own technology) is a new trend that has been perceived where staffs and students bring their personally-owned mobile devices to their study and workplace to access institutions resources such as email, file servers , databases, do other academic work or research as well as their personal data. The conception of 'Bring your Own Device' is gaining trust at the workplace and also study environment. According to Priya C. N. (2012), stated
more » ... most of the institutions and organizations abroad have started to implement this policy since the year 2012. A well organized questionnaire was distributed among 70 students and staffs chosen from various FTMSGlobal Departments of the College under study with response rate of 50 percent. The present study demonstrates and elaborates the various aspects of BYOD use, such as awareness of BYOD, the frequent use of BYOD, purposes for which the BYOD is used, collaborative tools used for academic purposes, concerns/problems faced by the users and satisfaction level of users with the BYOD facilities provided in the College. Using personal devices at work or study is beneficial in some ways like more productivity, flexibility, freedom and choice etc. Though, the policy has some risks as well like the prime issue of data security. It can be seen in the literature reviews that the organization who clasps BYOD policy have seen that their employees and students are happier, productive and collaborative. Henceforth it was conducted with the primary objective of finding the views of respondents from different sectors and institutions.
doi:10.24924/ijise/2015.11/v3.iss1/110.128 fatcat:b54uxseytrfqbhbhm7m4jhgbty