what are the productivity issues of the internet?

Scdo1,

This is an extremely broad question. I'm going to try and point you at
a few web sites which may assist you further in your search.

One productivity issue is usability. The "usability" of a computer or
application on the internet can affect how easily a customer (or
person browsing the internet) can browse and use a particular internet
application. Obviously, a website that makes it easy for a customer to
purchase an item will be more "usable" than one which requires many
steps for the same task. Which, do you think, is more productive?

[ http://www.upassoc.org/outreach/benefits.html ]
[ http://www.upassoc.org/html/1999_archive/productivity_issues.html ]
Usability Professionals Association explanation of how usability can
increase productivity, among other benefits.

[ http://www.ncpa.org/pd/economy/pd060600b.html ]
National Center For Policy Analysis on a survey that assessed the
internet's contribution to productivity.

Another issue is time wasting by employees using the internet. The
following website gives details on a possible solution.

[ http://www.wavecrestcomputing.com/editorial/wconpolicy.html ]
Editorial detailing how filtering employees' web browsing might
increase productivity.

Here's the general search I used to find these pages.
Search Strategy:

[ ://www.google.com/search?as_q=internet+productivity+issues&num=100&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images
]
Google Search: internet + productivity + issues

I hope this helps you! Please ask if you need clarification!

/ephraim