Working from home may hit productivity in the long term; this is why
Once we are able to understand the networked structure of an organisation and the social capital, we can create strategies to increase the social capital or to stop the erosion of social capital in organisations
- Nov 11, 2020,
- Updated Nov 11, 2020 12:13 PM IST
We might assume that it is only the individual employee, referred to as the human capital, who is affected by working from home. In doing so, however, we are forgetting the fundamental conditions that facilitate the effective deployment of human capital in organisations - the Social Capital.
Working from home significantly impacts the social relationships and the informal networks that employees form within their organisations. It is the hidden organisation, the company behind the organisation chart, which directly affects both the individual and collective productivity of an organisation.
In the diagram above, you can see the networked structure of human relationships in the senior team of an organisation. You can also understand that the productivity of this team is influenced by social networks and social capital, and not only by individual expertise.
A social network analysis (SNA) or ONA maps the social relationships between people and visualise these relationships like in the diagram above. It allows leaders to identify key people and drive more engagement and collaboration.
Once we are able to understand the networked structure of an organisation and the social capital, we can create strategies to increase the social capital or to stop the erosion of social capital in organisations. That's why an ONA to see the hidden, networked organisation becomes extremely important.
[The author is Founder OD Alternatives(www.odalternatives.com) and Orglens (www.orglens.com)]
We might assume that it is only the individual employee, referred to as the human capital, who is affected by working from home. In doing so, however, we are forgetting the fundamental conditions that facilitate the effective deployment of human capital in organisations - the Social Capital.
Working from home significantly impacts the social relationships and the informal networks that employees form within their organisations. It is the hidden organisation, the company behind the organisation chart, which directly affects both the individual and collective productivity of an organisation.
In the diagram above, you can see the networked structure of human relationships in the senior team of an organisation. You can also understand that the productivity of this team is influenced by social networks and social capital, and not only by individual expertise.
A social network analysis (SNA) or ONA maps the social relationships between people and visualise these relationships like in the diagram above. It allows leaders to identify key people and drive more engagement and collaboration.
Once we are able to understand the networked structure of an organisation and the social capital, we can create strategies to increase the social capital or to stop the erosion of social capital in organisations. That's why an ONA to see the hidden, networked organisation becomes extremely important.
[The author is Founder OD Alternatives(www.odalternatives.com) and Orglens (www.orglens.com)]