The concept of the 4-day work week has gained traction in recent years as companies worldwide seek to reduce workplace stress, boost employee satisfaction, and improve productivity. The UK has now embarked on a pilot trial involving over 3,300 employees from various industries to establish whether this radical new system works. The idea is that employees receive 100% of their pay for 80% of the time while delivering 100% of their expected output.
Business Process Outsourcing and Knowledge Process Outsourcing share many common benefits. But did you know the primary differences between BPO vs KPO? To start with, KPO is a targeted industry that focuses on the outsourcing of knowledge-based services while BPO is the general outsourcing of non-core activities to a third party service provider. KPO also differs quite a bit from BPO in terms of its services and complexity.
2022 has seen heaps of disarray with continued supply chain issues, energy price crises, and rising inflation. Businesses were forced to shift priorities and adopt new policies to continue driving profitability. There were also actions on the regulatory front, particularly in corporate governance, to guide companies into transformation. Moving to 2023, the pressure to adapt to the changing landscape continues.
At Asana Forward, company leaders showed how new platform capabilities can help companies tap into Collaborative Intelligence insights.
In the decade before the Covid 19 pandemic, remote employment was steadily increasing and had become the fastest-growing segment in the workforce of the day. By early 2020, Covid took hold, and almost overnight the global on-site workforce became remote. In the most bizarre way imaginable, and in something of a sci-fi atmosphere, Work from Home (WFH) instantly became the norm.
Yes, social loafing, the concept that’s funny as a meme (or a life experience at school or college), is rather frustrating in real life – especially in professional life when you have a lot at stake. Let’s face it, every group project has seen: For this reason, we will talk about social loafing and how project managers can offset its impact.
