No matter what kind of goods or services a company provides, the constant struggle to find even better, more affordable ways to increase productivity is one of the biggest challenges to making it profitable.
However, the rise of Human Capital Management (HCM) as both a budding academic discipline, as well as an emerging business philosophy, is leading many organizations to discover it’s not obstacles such as lengthy supply chains or out-dated technology causing the biggest barriers to productivity – it’s their overall company culture.
But what does that really mean? And how can a company really improve its culture, much less reap the benefit of maximized productivity by improving its culture?
To executives, this means you’ll always get …show more content…
Working individually and together to meet the company’s goals should be the ultimate objective of each employee. Your company’s employees should be very clear on the ultimate goals and align their daily priorities toward reaching those goals. Reviewing all job position responsibilities and verifying that each responsibility is in alignment with other’s responsibilities is an effective way to ensure that everyone is working together to reach the same destination. Projects and priorities that are in conflict with the goals of the company should be avoided as they divert attention from the main focus and can cause …show more content…
A Gallup survey in 2013 revealed that 70 percent of U.S. workers are disengaged from their workday by distractions such as smartphones, social media, personal emails, and personal demands. To avoid low or mediocre productivity, your company needs to accurately measure employees’ productivity to gain insight into how skilled, engaged and productive your employees are. Measurements of individual productivity may also reveal where workflow gets slowed down due to equipment breakdowns, inefficient processes, poor job training, or lack of
However, the rise of Human Capital Management (HCM) as both a budding academic discipline, as well as an emerging business philosophy, is leading many organizations to discover it’s not obstacles such as lengthy supply chains or out-dated technology causing the biggest barriers to productivity – it’s their overall company culture.
But what does that really mean? And how can a company really improve its culture, much less reap the benefit of maximized productivity by improving its culture?
To executives, this means you’ll always get …show more content…
Working individually and together to meet the company’s goals should be the ultimate objective of each employee. Your company’s employees should be very clear on the ultimate goals and align their daily priorities toward reaching those goals. Reviewing all job position responsibilities and verifying that each responsibility is in alignment with other’s responsibilities is an effective way to ensure that everyone is working together to reach the same destination. Projects and priorities that are in conflict with the goals of the company should be avoided as they divert attention from the main focus and can cause …show more content…
A Gallup survey in 2013 revealed that 70 percent of U.S. workers are disengaged from their workday by distractions such as smartphones, social media, personal emails, and personal demands. To avoid low or mediocre productivity, your company needs to accurately measure employees’ productivity to gain insight into how skilled, engaged and productive your employees are. Measurements of individual productivity may also reveal where workflow gets slowed down due to equipment breakdowns, inefficient processes, poor job training, or lack of