世論 What Japan Thinks

japan.internet.com, in conjuction with JR Tokai Express Research, looked at how businesspeople manage their schedules. They interviewed 332 people employed by private enterprises by means of a private internet-based questionnaire. 82.8% of the sample were male, 12.3% were in their twenties, 36.1% in their thirties, 34.0% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 1.8% in their sixties.

Q1: Have groupware or schedule management tools been introduced at your workplace? (Sample size=332)

Yes, groupware (to SQ1)	49.4%
Yes, schedule management tool	19.9%
No, neither tools	23.5%
Don’t know	7.2%

I don’t know why Q1SQ1 was not asked to those with schedule management tools too.

Q1SQ1: Do you manage your schedule within the groupware’s schedule management feature? (Sample size=164)

Yes	75.6%
No (to SQ2)	24.4%

Q1SQ2: How do you manage your schedule? (Sample size=40)

Use paid-for net-based shared schedule management system	5.0%
Use free net-based shared schedule management system	2.5%
Use paid-for net-based single-user schedule management system	0.0%
Use free net-based single-user schedule management system	2.5%
Use notebook	72.5%
Secretary or subordinate manages	0.0%
Don’t manage my schedule	7.5%
Other	10.0%