64 PER CENT ASIA PACIFIC ORGANISATIONS CHANGING OPERATING MODEL NEXT YEAR - UNISYS SURVEY

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 (Bernama) -- New data reveals that 64 per cent of Asia Pacific organisations plan to change their operating model by 2022, fuelled by a desire to improve their employee experience, states Unisys Corporation’s new survey.

Leaders and employees have differing views on the technologies and policies required to achieve greater productivity and an ideal employee experience, according to a statement.

The top three reasons given by Asia Pacific business leaders to change their operating model by 2022 are better employee experience (71 per cent), employee productivity (56 per cent) and employee safety (56 per cent).

The findings are included in a new IDC white paper, sponsored by Unisys, titled ‘Digital Workplace Insight(TM): Seeking Digital and Experience Parity to Support the Hybrid Workforce’.

The survey found that before the pandemic, 5.2 per cent of the workforce across Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore worked remotely - the highest of the four regions surveyed.

COVID-19 forced a rapid move to remote working in 2020, with more than one third (36 per cent) of this workforce working remotely by November 2020.

Based on this experience, the majority of employers (74 per cent) and employees (70 per cent) agree that working remotely is just as, or more, productive than working in an office.

“To create a great employee experience, employers need to understand what technology, processes and policies their people require to do their jobs effectively. This requires two-way conversations with their teams and a preparedness to change existing procedures,” said Unisys Asia Pacific Advisory Director, Leon Sayers.

The Unisys-sponsored research surveyed over 1,100 respondents, including business leaders and employees, across 15 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the US.

This is to examine how organisations are transforming their operating models to respond to business disruptions. It found that to do this, business leaders are focused on the employee experience to shape their technology, procedures and policies.

More details at www.unisys.com.au.

-- BERNAMA