Organisations Need To Empower Workforce To Embrace Digital Workplace, Says Microsoft

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- Organisations need to rethink how they empower their workforce with the right culture, policy, infrastructure and tools to embrace the demands of the digital workplace, says Microsoft. In a statement Thursday, Microsoft Malaysia Chief Marketing and Operations Officer Michal Golebiewski said it was also critical for business leaders to evaluate and implement changes to counter cultural and management challenges that hindered employees from working seamlessly from wherever they are. “These challenges will hinder an organisation's growth and progress in the digital age,” Golebiewski added. The statement was issued in conjunction with the release of Microsoft's Asia Workplace 2020 Study, which revealed that only 41 per cent of respondents felt empowered by their organisation's culture and managers to work together productively and collaboratively. Microsoft said organisations needed to look at new workplace practices, especially with the impending influx of digital natives (born after 2000) entering the workforce for the first time. The study involved close to 4,200 working professionals from 14 markets in Asia, including 319 respondents from Malaysia. -- BERNAMA