Productivity is a core characteristic of any successful organization, and so it follows that maintaining and improving productivity is an important consideration for business and IT leaders alike. Identifying specific areas where productivity can be improved and the best approach to improving it is where the challenge lies, an article from Business 2 Community explains.
We believe the key to improving productivity is bridging the connections between the digital workplace and a holistic approach to allowing users to work anywhere with the device of their preference.
For example, going mobile doesn’t mean just allowing bring-your-own-device (BYOD), or providing access to company email via a smartphone. It means truly enabling specific business processes to be completed on mobile devices in a way that’s more convenient to users or that eliminates bottlenecks in the workflow.
It’s about the ability to manage and approve documents from the road or take pictures with a mobile device and upload them to your records center. Users will truly be more productive when they’re able to accomplish those types of tasks easily while away from the office.
As the article notes, cloud solutions allow employees to access the most recent versions of documents regardless of where they’re located, meaning everyone in the organization is able to track changes and receive the latest revisions.
We recommend that organizations also look beyond technology to improve productivity. Building employee engagement is a great place to start. According to Gallup, only 13 percent of employees worldwide are “engaged” at work, with 63 percent “not engaged” and 24 percent actually “actively disengaged.”
This is obviously hinders productivity. Providing an interactive work environment that encourages engagement will make your workplace more productive. Technology, such as collaboration solutions and social enterprise features, should serve as a tool in your overall engagement strategy.
Source: Business 2 Community, November 2013
