In the current accessibility-ready environment, the need for an immediate connection has become important since it can make the border between the physical offices and the digital ones disappear. Now that the generations Y and Z are gradually taking over the workforce, a workplace equipped with modern technologies to support the daily jobs is by far the most wanted.
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The digital workplace describes how modern technology is applied in the physical workplace, and how that empowers the businesses to improve or remove the traditional processes and increase efficiency.
As the workplaces continue to grow, and the employee expectations gradually change over time, organisations which are not adapting to the digital workplace may risk being left behind. Thus, building an appropriate digital environment for the workplace has become one of the most top priority tasks for managers.
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The ability to connect every employee from every department without the current geography limiting their capability brings about tons of benefits any organisation can dream of:
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The culture of your organisation determines the way and the extent to which your employees take advantage of the digital workplace to connect, communicate and collaborate.
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In order to have full visibility of your new, modern workplace, you need to make sure that your toolboxes have the right tools integrated into the workbench. It will help you meet the requirements of management in the digital era.
Your tools must be able to speed up the initial, manual process and ensure it is accurate so that if there is anything that goes wrong, it will require very minimal time to fix.
Your toolboxes should also integrate a secure remote access because the risks associated with migration is a major concern. Besides, the ability to automatically respond to common errors should be tucked neatly into your toolkit to ensure quick reaction.
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As stated in a Digital Working Group’s study recently, digital workplace governance can be understood as "the policies, structures, roles, rules, processes and standards that should be applied to the digital workplace to maintain the optimal and sustainable operation."
There are five critical elements of a great digital workplace governance: