Student Name
Professor’s Name
Course
Trends and Best Practices In Organizations
The current times have their hand in setting and creating trends. A trend is a thing that is popular at any given point in time. On the other hand, best practices in an organization are methods that are acknowledged as superior to any different since they are more productive. The modern-day workplace is primarily defined as being fluid and more casual than the rigid workplaces in the recent past. Management and the human resources departments have linked the traditional rigidity with inefficiency hence the need to keep up with the new age manner of doing things. Today, a lot of importance is accorded to employees’ work-life balance, thus making the practice of human resource management come up with innovative ways to provide the best environment that supports balance. The present times have also seen human resource management incorporating information communication technology to improve output per employee per unit time. This paper discusses trends like mental wellness and artificial intelligence and best-practice organizations.
Firstly, financial and mental wellness are recognized and given priority. Most employees are suffering from financial and mental wellness since they are surviving on paychecks while struggling to pay student loans. The productivity of workers is diminishing because they are stressed out and dissatisfied with their jobs. Some workers have confessed that financial pressure affects their performance because they lack mental and physical stability (Barr et al., 327). The affected employees are losing a lot of productive days in a year. Several companies like Fidelity, PwC, and Chegg have taken the responsibility to assist workers in repaying their student loans to relieve the employees. Leaders of organizations had acknowledged the need for mental health, unlike in the past, when it was not common.
Secondly, artificial intelligence has been integrated into the areas of work. The modern world is advancing at a fast pace in terms of technological levels. Most of the devices or equipment used at workplaces have artificial intelligence features. Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple are determined to invent products that are convenient with all kinds of work using artificial intelligence technology. For example, Chatbots, which are programs that facilitate communication via text message, is already in circulation (Nilsson, Nils J). The Chatbots will assist companies in saving a lot of their budgets since they are very efficient. Organizations use the Chatbots as personal assistants, customer care, data mining, recovery of information, and interaction with employees. A company like Overstock has a Chatbot called Mila for human resource managers. Human resource managers can know when any of the workers are feeling unwell. Another company that embraces artificial intelligence is Intel, which has virtual human resource assistance.
Finally, top-level managers across the globe are turning to methods that encourage human interaction. A lot of companies are altering their working environment to that which favors communication between workers. Organizations have turned to social interaction environments since they discovered creativity is enhanced and, as a result, productive outcome. Most workers prefer in-person communication to technology; therefore, managers encourage interaction so that workers are satisfied and committed. An example of a best practice organization is Apple; the company has developed an innovative facility that is meant to encourage the sharing of ideas and to work collectively. Google Cafes are organized in such a way that employees can interact across various departments. Another example is IBM, which halted their workers from working remotely and required them to work in groups.
Works Cited
Nilsson, Nils J. Principles of artificial intelligence. Morgan Kaufmann, 2014.
Barr, Ben, Peter Kinderman, and Margaret Whitehead. “Trends in mental health inequalities in England during a period of recession, austerity and welfare reform 2004 to 2013.” Social Science & Medicine 147 (2015): 324-331.