Today, I read an old issue of HBR Harvard Business Review and discovered an interesting article.
The article discusses the collaborative work in organisations and suggests some new ideas. The article is like this:
The general situation is for the last two decades, the amount of time managers and employees spend on collaborative work has ballooned. at many companies people now spend about 80% of their time in meeting or answering colleagues' requests. So free time of individuals is diminishing
Although the benefits of a=collaboration are well documented, the costs often go unrecognised. When demands for collaboration run too high or aren't spread evenly throughout the organisation, workflow bottlenecks and employee burnout would result.
The article suggests that leader must learn to better manage collaboration in their companies by mapping demand and supply, eliminating or redistributing work, and incentivising people to collaborate more efficiently.
The question raised in this article is not new. However, insofar, we focus and see the benefits of collaboration. Is becomes a must.
Remember to investigate the potential benefits and also the costs is important. Don't be blind.
Don't forget, happy learning together.
Don't know why, I feel the quality and depth of the articles posted in HBR is not as good as in the past... *-*
Bye for now.
