Staff web 2.0 skills are a boost for productivity
Companies should make the most of employee Web 2.0 knowledge so that they can take full advantage of the technology, according to a report by the Butler Group.
With more consumers than ever involved with social networking and user-generated content such as blogs, businesses should be using their employees’ Web 2.0 skills to make the workforce more productive.
Richard Edwards from the Butler Group comments “Staff have a life outside of work in which we’re interacting with [other people] and we’re sort of bringing those ideas into the workplace. Bosses need to recognise what’s actually happening - what are those changes - and examine the possibility of utilising some of this to bring about positive change within the business.”
The Butler Group report adds that businesses will risk losing out if they fail to formalise the use of Web 2.0 within the organisation. Edwards said “The workforce itself is starting to make use of Web 2.0 to do some of their daily tasks. And these are being undertaken without any real form of governance or control from the organisation.”
But in order to get the best out of Web 2.0 savvy staff, bosses will need to listen to their workers. IT firm Eximium’s Derrick Cameron points out “No one would argue against staff contributing more ideas and skills for the good of the workplace. However, it is essential that companies have a very clear policy in place that can be adhered to by all staff.”
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