Research shows that business meetings, discussions and training are happening online nowadays. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

It is true that distance business meetings, discussions and training are gaining enormous popularity in recent years. Despite some obvious advantages of

this

trend, I would argue that these are outweighed by the disadvantages. On the one hand, conducting business meetings, discussions, and training via internet helps not only a large number of organizations but

also

staff save unnecessary expenses on arranging physical meetings.

For example

, people often make a long

trips

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trip

to take part in traditional discussions,

however

, when it comes to online discussions, commuters can spend the budget for

traveling

the act of going from one place to another

travelling

on

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with

others vital stuff.

Moreover

,

this

way of training

also save

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also saves

time, which is extremely precious

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to

anyone,

thus

, they would have more time to take care of their family.

On the other hand

, I believe that the

disadvantges

the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

disadvantages

disadvantage

of

this

trend are more significant than

such

advantages. One reason for

this

view is that

this

kind of meetings, discussions and training relies heavily on the strong connection of

internet

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the internet

,

thus

, slow connection or platform error can bring entire ongoing communication process to an abrupt end. Another reason is that trainees or staff can easily be distracted by interesting, yet non-productive online activity.

For instance

, social media on

mobilephone

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a mobile phone

mobile phone

is said to be the chief culprit of

this

problem, people often have a habit of checking their phone, which is always connected to

internet

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the internet

.

Thus

, physical presence of host will make them more engaged and active in the meeting. In conclusion, It seems to me that the disadvantages of web-based meetings, discussions and training are more significant than the advantages.