Impact of Digitalization on Employees and HRM Responsibility





What is Digitization at Workplace?

Digitalization as the path in which numerous spaces of social life are rebuilt around digital correspondence and media frameworks.

What would be the approach from employees’ perspective?

While directors realize that representatives won't be driven by mysterious powers encouraging them to receive new computerized activities, they frequently don't give the kind of time, support, and inspiration to embrace that they know would be vital in different settings. Rather, organizations frequently invest significant time, cash, and vitality executing advanced stages, expecting that the estimation of these computerized apparatuses will turn out to be so obvious to representatives that they will be attracted normally to them to play out their work. Organizations that essentially anticipate that workers will receive by and large accentuate the mechanical side of advanced usage and regularly execute that usage well, yet then neglect to go with the new computerized foundation with the authoritative change administration activities required. 




How does Digitalization is being captivated by Organizations?

Not exclusively do representatives should be prepared to utilize new computerized apparatuses, yet they likewise should be offered time to make sense of how to synchronize these tools into their work. In examine led with Lynn Wu of Wharton, we found that reception of another computerized stage really prevented representative execution for the initial couple of months after appropriation. It was simply after around a half year of utilization that associations watched huge execution enhancements.
Adroit associations have perceived that bringing innovation into the working environment isn't all about equipment or programming but it's about wetware, otherwise called individuals. On the off chance that you need to be the sort of deft business that can benefit as much as possible from progressive influxes of tech development, you require people who can adjust to change.

That implies preparing every individual in your venture with the aptitudes and outlook that will help them effectively adjust at whatever point you present new instruments like Slack, Base-camp, or even Google Drive into your work environment. In any case, what precisely are these computerized abilities? They might be more natural and low-tech than you might suspect. 


How does Digitalization is impacting Employees

Cultivating digital culture may create employee redundancy at workplace due to process automation. It makes the scarcity among employees whilst imposing threat on employee retention. It’s important to identify the adoption of Digitalization in correct manner before it disrupt the workplace by tarnishing organization goals.

HRM to recognize the existing talent and ensure to develop the employees who need to be develop with well executed plan. Drive awareness campaigns to educate employees on Digitalization to avoid misunderstanding and to secure employee retention.  

 By Roshan De Zoysa

Reference List;

Alexandra Samuel (2016) The Soft Skills of Great Digital Organizations [online]. Available at https://hbr.org/2016/02/the-soft-skills-of-great-digital-organizations. Accessed on 10th December 2017.  

Lynn Wu, Gerald C. Kane (2016) Network-biased Technical Change: How Social Media Tools Disproportionately Affect Employee Performance [online]. Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2433113. Accessed on 10th December 2017.

Margaret Rouse (2007) digitalization [online]. Available at http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digitization. Accessed on 10th December 2017.

Comments

  1. UnknownDecember 19, 2017 at 9:27 AM

    With digitalization work load will increased,Because in last 2 decades people dont need more analyze on anything.But they did good marketing.Word mouth was previously high strategy on the markert.Alsoit will get more affected.There are so many disadvantages on the digitaliation bcz it will move on fast.So be aware on digitaliation.

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    1. Roshan De ZoysaDecember 21, 2017 at 6:51 AM

      I think you have a strong point in your hand. Many people are bothered in sorting and analysing data in order to make decisions. How about if someone make that analytical part and keep it on your table where you only need to use it at your ability?
      Only one element I would like to add which is HRM must use strategic ideology in handling this transformation....

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  2. Anfas AneesDecember 20, 2017 at 1:21 AM

    The sick of Digitization is effecting many fields of job, it creates a fear among the workers and the workers are clueless about the future. For Example if we take the job of accountants, it is being more towards a data entry work where the software now a days prepare the entire accounts of a company. So the future of Accountants job is questionable. Accountants should acquire more skills to be retained in a company such as analytical, reporting, management, etc

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    1. Roshan De ZoysaDecember 21, 2017 at 6:32 AM

      This feels like Y2K and worlds going to end or like industrial revolution where the jobs are going to cut down.
      However, the digitalization has taken place in corporate world like a wildfire....
      Yes of cause there will be job redundancies... whatsoever, world won't end but innovation will keep everything moving forward...
      HRM will have the responsibility of applying best practices to keep employees happy in this saga in a strategic manner....

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  3. UnknownDecember 21, 2017 at 4:47 AM

    As you have stated we are about to witness how the digitalization, new trends will change all traditional processes and procedures in the near future.
    With the technological advancements there will be automations that will make certain job roles redundant where HRM will be challenged heavily by the existing workforce. Furthermore, workforce will get converted in to a digitalized work force that work on digital platforms (not necessarily at the office environment) and majority will work on flexible workhours that leads to drastic changes on organizational structures as well as hierarchies. On a positive note job insecurity will get offset by job flexibility.
    Even as of now most of the organizations are moving towards casual work attire and employees tend to find it more relaxing.
    Most importantly organizations need to be upfront in accommodating these changes as failure will lead you out of business arena. Thus it is important that HR being upfront on these trends as all HR functions that covers recruiting, retaining, training needs to be changed bearing and forecasting these changes.

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    1. Roshan De ZoysaDecember 21, 2017 at 6:14 AM

      Yes, HRM needs to accommodate organizations with accurate measures in order to digitalization. Inaccurate strategy will run into kiosk whilst crippling the organizational goals...

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  4. UnknownDecember 22, 2017 at 7:31 PM

    Whether we like it or not, digitization is going to dominate the corporate world which will bring in so many benefits to the organizations & this cannot be avoided.
    Now the biggest challenge in front of us is that what is the strategy to digitalize the existing work force. They have to be given proper hands on training & gradually convert them to the digitalization era.

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    1. Roshan De ZoysaDecember 23, 2017 at 12:50 AM

      Thank you Umesh, Answering to your comment, i would like add followings. It's a created fear among the corporate world regarding the digitalization as per my purview. Y2K was one the best examples for the current day situation on digitalization, if you may remember the consequences related to Y2K.
      It's the right measure which HR needs to take in order to face the rapid development on Digitalization. Identify key elements where the automation required and where not. Many organizations create liquidity on Digitalization but half of the digitalization processes are been run with manual intervention.
      Thus, it's best if HRM would keep the employees ready to face the fear of digitalization with awareness and correct talent enhancement by utilizing the digitalization to act as tool to improve and achieve organization goals.

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