Business & Work

Ways To Improve An Organization’s Productivity

(Source: The WorldatWork)

Creating effective workforce connects to people, purpose and resources may increase competitive advantage by helping to improve an organization’s productivity, innovation and growth, a new report reads.

Deloitte Research and Deloitte Consulting LLP’s (Deloitte Consulting) “Connecting People What Matters” provides guidance organizations should consider on how they can significantly improve bottom-line results by fostering and promoting connections in the workplace.

“Addicted to our computers, cell phones, and PDAs, we are more technologically connected than ever before; ironically today’s technology-hyped environment can actually weaken the quality of people’s connections that enhance performance,” explains Mr Ainar Aijala, principal, vice chairman and deputy CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP and global leader of Deloitte Consulting’s Human Capital service area.

“How people connect, and the quality of those connections, can mean the difference between a loyal, thriving workforce that’s highly engaged and a costly revolving door as global labor markets continue to get tighter.”

The Deloitte Research/Deloitte Consulting report notes that people’s jobs are much more complex, technology can be both a distraction and an asset, and workforces are increasingly more diverse in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and generational differences. The report concludes that these changes have made it very difficult for today’s workforce to make quality, value-driving connections.

'Email stress' is making workers miserable (Source:www.indiatimes.com)

Office workers have a new kind of woe to contend with – ‘email stress’.

The finding is based on a study conducted by researchers led by Karen Renaud, a computer scientist from Glasgow University and psychologist Judith Ramsay, of Paisley University, who found that struggling to cope with a deluge of emails is leaving staff tired, frustrated and unproductive.

More than a third, 34 per cent, of the 200 workers questioned by the researchers as part of their study admitted to checking their inbox every 15 minutes.

Though 64 per cent of the workers said they looked at their emails more than once an hour, monitoring software showed that it was more like 40 times an hour.

34 per cent of the workers also said that they were stressed by the sheer number of emails that come in and the need for a speedy reply. 28 per cent admitted that they were "driven" after checking their mails because of the pressure to respond.

"Our survey indicates the astonishing extent to which email is embedded in our day-to-day lives," the Telegraph quoted the researchers, as stating.

The study also found that among the sexes, women workers tend to feel more under pressure than men when it comes to responding to emails. "Females, in particular, tended to feel more pressure to respond than males," they added.

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