ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor in communication with the memory, the hardware processor configured to:

acquire work data indicating an amount of work performed during a first period;

calculate a first amount of work based on the acquired work data;

calculate a first threshold based on the first amount, the first threshold being an index for determining a degree of work performance;

compare a second amount of work performed on a first day and the calculated first threshold;

if the second amount is less than the first threshold, determine that there is a tendency for work performance to decline; and

issue an alert in response to determining that there is the tendency for work performance to decline.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first amount is an average per unit time of the amount of work performed during the first period.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to acquire, from a client terminal, the work data indicating at least a first number of keystrokes and a second number of transmitted emails, the first number of keystrokes indicating a number of times a keyboard provided in the client terminal is pressed, the second number of transmitted emails indicating a number of emails transmitted from the client terminal.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to:

calculate a terminal use time for the client terminal, and

calculate each of an average of the first number and an average of the second number as the first amount, by dividing each of the first number and the second number indicated by the work data by the calculated terminal use time.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the work data further indicates a working time, call duration indicating a time used to telephone during the working time, a meeting time indicating a time used to attend a meeting during the working time, and a power standby/off time indicating a time for which the client terminal is in a power-standby state or a power-off state during the working time, and

the terminal use time is calculated by subtracting the sum of the call duration, the meeting time, and the power standby/off time indicated by the work data from the working time indicated by the work data.

6 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to calculate the first threshold by multiplying the calculated average by a first value which is preset and is less than one.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to issue the alert in response to consecutively determining a third number of times that there is the tendency for work performance to decline.

8 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to issue the alert to the client terminal.

9 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to issue the alert to an administrative terminal operated by an administrator of an operator of the client terminal.

10 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

calculate a second threshold by multiplying the calculated average by a first value which is preset and is greater than one, the second threshold being an index for determining the degree of work performance and differing from the first threshold;

compare the second amount and the calculated second threshold;

if the second amount exceeds the second threshold, determine that excessive work is performed; and

issue the alert in response to determining that excessive work is performed.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor comprising means for:

acquiring the work data;

calculating the first amount based on the acquired work data;

calculating the first threshold based on the first amount;

comparing the second amount and the calculated first threshold;

if the second amount is less than the first threshold, determining that there is the tendency for work performance to decline; and

issuing the alert in response to determining that there is the tendency for work performance to decline.

12 . A method comprising:

acquiring work data indicating an amount of work performed during a first period;

calculating a first amount of work based on the acquired work data;

calculating a first threshold based on the first amount, the first threshold being an index for determining a degree of work performance;

comparing a second amount of work performed on a first day and the calculated first threshold;

if the second amount is less than the first threshold, determining that there is a tendency for work performance to decline; and

issuing an alert in response to determining that there is the tendency for work performance to decline.