Factors Digital Workplace
Even before the pandemic started, people were thinking of ways to put the perfect workplace strategy, employees have different backgrounds and sometimes the way they can get motivated to do their work well is to have a stable and perfect environment. Why do some students say that doing online classes is not as effective as normal classes? Because the environment around them is not suitable for them, it doesn’t feel like a classroom, it just feels like a room and they’re video calling other people, an activity they would with friends.
Forbes.com provides us with a number of factors that can help us see if our digital workplace is effective or not.
- Identify Goals
What do you want to achieve in the future? What do you want to get? When identifying the goals, we also have to ensure that we do the right things to make sure that the goal comes true. One way to do that is to ask the employees about what can be done to increase morale amongst each other and lighten up the mood of the company, even if it’s through a digital workplace, or sometimes we can research online how to make our digital workspace a much better place to do our work.
- Track Changes
As a tutor for BNEC, I would usually keep notes on how my students’ progress. Sometimes we can find changes that will happen in our workplace, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Whatever the changes that happens in the workspace or amongst the employees, it’s best to keep note and track about it so that you can learn from it or track it as the category says, using it to your advantage for fixing future problems that might happen to the workplace or amongst the employees.
- Implement a Diverse Team
During this time, sometimes getting a group for a course project is one of the hardest things to do, especially if the people around you are not people you recognize and it’s a whole new environment for you. When given the chance to choose people, there will be some people who will choose people who are known for their abilities when doing a project rather than choosing friends. In companies, bosses would sometimes see the potential between two or more employees by observing every employee first and eventually choosing the right employees to be put into the right team.
So, what is a digital workplace strategy? It is a concept that will help us improve our digital workplace, making it a comfortable place to enhance creativity, motivation and mental health for sometimes not only you, but the other people who are involved in it such as employees and students. (cmswire.com)
Reference:
Marshall, S. (2020, January 29). The Digital Workplace Defined. Retrieved from cmswire.com: https://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/what-a-digital-workplace-is-and-what-it-isnt-027421.php#:~:text=%22Digital%20workplace%22%20(DW),productivity%2C%20engagement%20and%20working%20health.
Ricard, S. (2020, May 22). How To Tell Whether Your Digital Workplace Is Effective. Retrieved from Forbes Web Site: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/05/22/how-to-tell-whether-your-digital-workplace-is-effective/?sh=2ba9ac0a9a8d