Obama 選ぶs INDIANA to 勝利，勝つ March Madness as it is 明らかにする／漏らすd famed basketball 選手権 乱打するs office 生産性
大統領 Barack Obama is 選ぶing Indiana to go all the way in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
ESPN 明らかにする／漏らすd on Wednesday that Obama 選ぶd the Hoosiers to 勝利，勝つ it all in his 2013 bracket. He 予報するd Louisville, Ohio 明言する／公表する and Florida would 一連の会議、交渉／完成する out the Final Four.
The 大統領's 選ぶ comes as a new 熟考する／考慮する shows March Madness has a 破滅的な 影響 on office 生産性, as 従業員s turn their attention to the games and away from their work.
Obama has made an 年次の tradition of giving his bracket 予測s to ESPN but only 正確に 選ぶd the 勝利者 once ― North Carolina in 2009. He says he thinks he can do better in his second 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.
Indiana: 大統領 Barack Obama, pictured during a basketball game last March, is 選ぶing Indiana to go all the way in the NCAA men's basketball tournament
This time, Obama 繰り返して 前進するd teams from the Big Ten. But he said 'I think this is Indiana's year.' Obama filled out the bracket on Tuesday at the White House, before 出発／死ing on a trip to the Middle East.
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On the women's 味方する, Obama selected Baylor, California, UConn and Notre Dame to 前進する to New Orleans. Baylor, UConn and Notre Dame are all No. 1 seeds and California is a No. 2 seed.
によれば ソフトウェア company TeamViewer, 42 per cent of Americans 収容する／認める the March Madness tournament will have 影響s on their 生産性, and for sports fans who 計画（する） to watch the game very closely, that number rises to 75 per cent.
The 調査する of more than 500 American office 労働者s shows that 45 per cent believe they'll spend more than an hour of each workday に引き続いて the games, with 8 per cent planning to spend more than five hours.
Basketball fan: ESPN 明らかにする／漏らすd on Wednesday that Obama, pictured with Michelle and Malia, 選ぶd the Hoosiers to 勝利，勝つ it all in his 2013 bracket
生産性: The 大統領，／社長's 選ぶ comes as it's 明らかにする／漏らすd office 生産性 急落するs during the 選手権
Almost half - 47 per cent - of Americans say they will follow the March Madness tournament 'closely' or 'very closely,' and 74 per cent will follow it at least somewhat closely.
The most 流布している way 回答者／被告s said they'd keep 跡をつける of March Madness was reading online sports news but others said they would こそこそ動く a peek at their 独房 phone, watch streaming online clips or 十分な-length games on their work computer.
The 労働者s said the best way for companies to 対処する with the 推定する／予想するd 攻撃する，衝突する to 生産性 is to get behind the games with work-sponsored activities and bracket challenges.
Around 86 per cent of the 回答者／被告s say there are 利益s to the company when 雇用者s encourage 利益／興味d 労働者s to 参加する game-関係のある activities - 57 per cent say the office is a more enjoyable place to be while 44 per cent believe absenteeism is 減ずるd.
'The 熟考する／考慮する 明確に shows that March Madness will have a big 衝撃 on the workplace, and it's 利益／興味ing to see how a company can 利益 by 参加するing in, rather than getting in the way of, the events,' said Holger Felgner, General 経営者／支配人 at TeamViewer.
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