Why is it important to find innovative ways
of using time at work?
There are several reasons behind the need to implement innovative strategies on time management in companies that explain the advantages to be gained from them. The following are just a foretaste of some of them.
- To change the business culture and the traditional management model to focus on people, being more flexible and ensuring talent is retained.
- To break with the social and family model in which women are the only ones responsible for managing the household.
- To avoid the consequences of the endless conflicts women have to face due to the dichotomy of work and caring for their families and its consequences.
- To ensure the reconciliation of work and family and personal life is part of Corporate Social Responsibility.
- To make employees feel part of their company’s "capital".
- To foster satisfaction among the workforce.
- To drive a greater presence of women, as they are the ones who find it most difficult to access the labour market and remain in it.
- To make sure that current regulations on quality also tackle this issue.
- To ensure the company complies with current legislation, which may benefit its dealings with other organisations, the authorities and customers.
In short, because the innovative use of time and reconciliation are consistent with the definition of a new business model, involving more competitive entities immersed in processes of change: greater staff independence, a more horizontal governance structure, greater flexibility in working times, more multitasking and the possibility of job rotation, the management of quality and continuous improvement, knowledge management, better teamwork and target-based team management, the introduction of ICTs, performance-related pay, involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility...