In layman’s terms, productivity is the ratio of what is produced to what is required to produce it. In economics, it is a measure that compares the output of a product or service with the input (resources) required to produce it. The input can be labor, equipment, or money. A multifaceted concept that measures the efficiency of converting inputs into outputs within various domains, including economics, business, and personal development.

Imagine you’re an employee who just learned about your company’s new employee monitoring program. You might start wondering: These are common concerns that can keep employees and remote workers up at night when faced with the prospect of being monitored at work. As an employer, you have the opportunity to address these concerns head-on and build an ethical employee monitoring program that fosters trust, transparency, and open communication.

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Cloud technology is ubiquitous in modern organizations—in fact, 85% of organizations are projected to be “cloud first” by 2025. But despite this pervasiveness, there is still significant ambiguity surrounding cloud costs. In a recent Cloud Zero report, less than half of survey respondents reported that they have “healthy” cloud costs and 58% said they were too high.

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Over the years, shared service management has, out of necessity, taken center stage in organizations needing help to be lean, cost-effective, and generally efficient in their operations. Shared services involve centralizing support functions such as human resources, IT, finance, and administration into one unit serving multiple parts within an organization. This helps reduce redundancy, enhance quality, and achieve economies of scale.

185 The first thing that strikes someone’s mind when listening to the implementation of employee monitoring software is “Is this legal? What about employee privacy? Well to answer that you need to know the laws first. All employee monitoring software needs to follow employee monitoring laws to track your computers. If some tools don’t comply with the laws, the companies using them can face serious consequences, including fines and other punishments from the government.

Poor alignment kills projects. In fact, according to a report from TeamStage, 37% of projects fail because of a lack of clearly defined goals, and 44% fail due to a lack of alignment between business goals and project goals. But what if the project you’re working on is really complex? What if you need to align hundreds of team members across multiple departments and timezones — all with their own organizational goals, perspectives, and expertise?