Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management

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A Case Study on Strategic Shift from Smart-Work to Work-Smart of Company K

  • Received : 2018.09.20
  • Accepted : 2018.09.27
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

Early smart-work of company K was a technology-led way of applying ICT such as smart phones and mobile devices to business. After company K perceived the limitations of ICT-driven smart work, it propelled the work-smart, doing a work smart toward the way that human beings become central and a creative organizational culture is engendered. Company K propelled work-smart strategy in eight categories: simplification of data requirements, establishment efficient meeting culture, streamlining reporting and approval process, simplified document creation, overtime decrease, spreading flexible work system, settlement of healing leave, creating work-smart place. Company K set up an organizational culture secretariat dedicated to work-smart promotion and selected task priorities in consideration of urgency and effectiveness. Owing to such efforts, the company K's work-smart index rose sharply to 72 points this year from 56 points in the previous year. At the organizational culture survey, employees responded that organizational culture improved in all area. For a better future, company K analyzed its work-smart outcomes and planned progressively to improve its work-smart efforts based on employees opinions. This case study will serve as a guideline, for companies to make efforts to going forward to today work-smart beyond yesterday smart-work.

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Work-Smart Strategy for Company K

Company K’s Work-Smart Diagnosis

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Three meeting principles

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Company K’s Work-Smart Strategy

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Types of Flexible Work System

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The Frequency of Use of Flexible Work System

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