“Performance-Enhancing Drugs in the Workplace”
Performance-enhancers are becoming more common in our everyday life, despite our efforts to ban them. This raises the questions, should we just accept these drugs and use them to our advantage? Or should we continue to resist these drugs and not take advantage of their performance-enhancing capabilities? When you start talking about organizations like the military, where Soldiers are ask to go beyond the normal physical and mental stress of a regular work day in a combat environment. Performance-enhancers could be a real advantage on the battle field. When you are talking about a managers and employees performing without getting fatigue and having the added ability to perform at a higher
The opportunity to have more mentally focus employees and managers is a win-win for any organization.
Now the disadvantage of coffee in the workplace; first, coffee is addictive! This is because of the caffeine. Too much consumption of caffeine can cause addiction. This means that some employees may feel that they can’t accomplish anything prior to them having their coffee. Second, it can cause depression and nervousness in employees. It may cause some employees heart damage. Over consumption of coffee can cause panic in heart’s regular activity. It can also cause ulcers. Drinking coffee without taking any solid food can harm your stomach. All of these disadvantages can increase worker absenteeism and raise healthcare cost. As you analyze the pros and cons of coffee in the workplace, you can say that coffee can enhance the productivity of employees and managers. You can also say that too much coffee can be harmful to employees and managers, and could increase the cost of healthcare and reduce productivity.
Many scientists are predicting an increase cognition drug use in the workplace. With drugs like Adderall, which help a person concentrate better, to drugs like Provigil (Modafinil) which will increase alertness? "From assembly-line workers to surgeons, many different kinds of employee may