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How organisations can remove barriers to increase workforce collaboration

How organisations can remove barriers to increase workforce collaboration The purpose of this paper is to explore how organisations can remove the barriers that they are currently coming up against to increase their workforce collaboration. Playing a key role in workforce transformation, HR faces pressures to remove the barriers that stand in the way of effective collaboration and decision-making; and Andrew Watson explores in this piece the ways in which organisations can empower employees to take a more collaborative approach to work.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on Andrew’s extensive experience in HR, this is a thought led opinion piece.FindingsThe findings of the paper show that to empower employees to foster greater collaboration, organisations require a broader cultural shift in organisation. Although there are new challenges such as hybrid working models and siloed departments, Andrew’s paper reveals that to become a more collaborative workplace, employees need a platform that will allow them to come together and cultivate openness and transparency. Technology has the power to break down the communication barriers that stand in the way of effective ideas and knowledge sharing strategies. It can also help teams make incremental improvements quickly without having to wait for multiple approvals.Originality/valueDrawing on Andrew’s extensive experience in HR to share insights. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Strategic HR Review Emerald Publishing

How organisations can remove barriers to increase workforce collaboration

Strategic HR Review , Volume 21 (1): 3 – Feb 4, 2022

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1475-4398
eISSN
1475-4398
DOI
10.1108/shr-11-2021-0057
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore how organisations can remove the barriers that they are currently coming up against to increase their workforce collaboration. Playing a key role in workforce transformation, HR faces pressures to remove the barriers that stand in the way of effective collaboration and decision-making; and Andrew Watson explores in this piece the ways in which organisations can empower employees to take a more collaborative approach to work.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on Andrew’s extensive experience in HR, this is a thought led opinion piece.FindingsThe findings of the paper show that to empower employees to foster greater collaboration, organisations require a broader cultural shift in organisation. Although there are new challenges such as hybrid working models and siloed departments, Andrew’s paper reveals that to become a more collaborative workplace, employees need a platform that will allow them to come together and cultivate openness and transparency. Technology has the power to break down the communication barriers that stand in the way of effective ideas and knowledge sharing strategies. It can also help teams make incremental improvements quickly without having to wait for multiple approvals.Originality/valueDrawing on Andrew’s extensive experience in HR to share insights.

Journal

Strategic HR ReviewEmerald Publishing

Published: Feb 4, 2022

Keywords: Human resource management; Employee engagement

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