How Integration Can Benefit Your Business

Every day, more and more companies are examining how they can become more efficient and effective at what they do. Doing so enables them to become more productive and more cost-efficient, without neglecting quality. For many, this means, turning internal management practices that have up until now acted as separate entities into integrated processes that can instead act as a seamless part of the business.

Refocus on Business Objectives

Removing as many barriers as possible allows your business to refocus its efforts back onto its core objectives. Too often, businesses can lose sight of their intended goals as individual departments end up competing with each other. Trying to prove that your department actually ended up maximising profits over another is a common strategy employee’s do to show they deserve the big bonuses at the end of the year. However, it’s a short-term way of thinking as in the long-run the company’s output will suffer. Not only should it be each member of staff’s duty to try and improve the status of the business, but it should also be in their own interest too.

Benefit from External Knowledge

Sectioning off employees into different departments can have its advantages. For one, this autonomy to make decisions can remove unnecessary communication between separate groups and improve productivity. In certain circumstances, though, it ends up hurting departments that aren’t able to benefit from the expertise from others. An example of this is by combining your accounting and solicitor’s department. Due to the complexity regarding SRA regulations, it’s crucial that any solicitor working with an accountant have the necessary knowledge. Failing to do so could result in a damaging effect on your business’s reputation.

Improve Employee Communication

Lastly, by integrating more members of your personnel you can take great strides in improving employee communication. A study by the CIPD, which included companies such as BT Operate, Network Rail, and Virgin Active, concluded that employee communication is a key lever for business that HR must do better to harness. A strategic approach that encompasses more than just superficial engagement needs to be put into practice if you want to see long-term results. This includes creating a working environment that encourages open discussion about individual’s roles, performance, and overall contribution to the team.

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