Digital arbeitende Mitarbeiter denken, dass Führungskräfte ihre technologischen Bedürfnisse nicht kennen

Die Anforderungen und Herausforderungen eines erfolgreichen digitalen Wandels.

Viele IT-Mitarbeiter eignen sich zunehmend Technologie-Kenntnisse an, um sich weiter zu entwicklen und ihre Karriere voranzutreiben. Allerdings sind viele Mitarbeiter außerhalb der IT-Abteilung der Meinung, dass ihr CIO ihre technologischen Bedürfnisse nur unzureichend kennt. Eine Umfrage des IT-Research und Beratungsunternehmens Gartner belegt: Weniger als 50 Prozent der IT- und Nicht-IT-Mitarbeiter glauben, dass die CIOs ihre Probleme mit digitalen Technologien kennen.

»Bei Problemen nutzen Nicht-IT-Mitarbeiter das IT-Helpdesk eher nicht als erste Anlaufstelle und neigen dazu, nicht an die Wertschöpfung durch ihre IT-Abteilung zu glauben,« so Whit Andrews, Vice President und Distinguished Analyst bei Gartner. »Lediglich einer von fünf Nicht-IT-Mitarbeitern würde sich für Best Practices im Umgang mit Technologien an die IT-Abteilung wenden.«

Figure 1. The Shape of Workers‘ Days

Source: Gartner (June 2018)


 

Gartner Survey Reveals Many Digital Workers Think Senior Managers Are Out of Touch With Their Technology Needs

Analysts to Discuss the Design of a Culture of Digital Dexterity at the Gartner Digital Workplace Summit, 24-25 September 2018, London, UK

Egham, UK, 5th June, 2018 — As many IT workers develop greater technology skills and apply them to advance their careers, many digital workers in non-IT departments believe their CIO is out of touch with their technology needs. A Gartner, Inc. survey* found that less than 50 per cent of workers (both IT and non-IT) believe their CIOs are aware of digital technology problems that affect them.

 

The survey further revealed that European workers said that their CIO is more aware of technical challenges (58 per cent) than US workers believe they are (41 per cent).

 

»Non-IT workers aren’t likely to use the IT help desk as their first source of assistance, and are less likely to believe in the value of their IT organisation,« said Whit Andrews, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. »Only one in five non-IT workers would ask their IT department to supply best practices for employing technology.«

 

The survey also revealed that millennials were less likely to approach IT support teams through conventional means. About 53 per cent of surveyed millennials outside the IT department said that one of their first three ways to solve a problem with digital technology would be to look for an answer on the internet.

 

Non-IT workers were overall more likely than IT workers to express dissatisfaction with the technologies supplied for their work. IT workers express greater satisfaction with their work devices than do workers outside IT departments. Only 41 per cent of non-IT workers felt very or completely satisfied with their work devices, compared to 59 per cent of surveyed IT workers.

 

»Many IT departments will be more successful if they are able to provide what workers say they need, and provide inspiration so they can increase the workforce’s digital dexterity,« Mr Andrews added.

 

IT Workers Feel More Confident

IT workers feel more confident than non-IT workers at using digital technology. The survey found that 32 per cent of IT workers characterised themselves as experts in the digital technologies they use in the workplace. Just 7 per cent of non-IT workers felt the same. »While we expect IT people to feel more confident with digital technologies, these findings highlight how hard it is to help non-IT workers feel as digitally dexterous as IT workers do,« said Mr Andrews.

 

Sixty-seven per cent of non-IT workers feel that their organisation does not take advantage of their digital skills. »Organisations seeking to mature and expand their digital workplaces will find that expanding digital dexterity will accelerate this across the organisation,« added Mr Andrews.

 

Digital Technology Satisfies 72 Per Cent of Digital Workers

About three in four digital workers either somewhat agree (48 per cent) or strongly agree (24 per cent) that the digital technology their organisation provides enables them to accomplish their work.

 

The most common types of workplace application used by survey respondents were real-time messaging (58 per cent), sharing tools (55 per cent), and workplace social media (52 per cent — see Figure 1).

 

However, significant distinctions exist in the workplace. »Millennial digital workers are more inclined than older age groups are to use workplace applications and devices that are not provided by their organisation, whether they are tolerated or not,« said Mr Andrews. »They also have stronger opinions about the collaboration tools they select for themselves. They are more likely to indicate they should be allowed to use whatever social media they prefer for work purposes.«

 

In addition, relative to the total workforce, a larger proportion of millennials consider the applications they use in their personal lives to be more useful than those they are given at work. »Our survey found that 26 per cent of workers between the ages of 18 and 24 use unapproved applications to collaborate with other workers, compared with just 10 per cent of those aged between 55 and 74,« Mr Andrews said.

 

More detailed analysis is available to Gartner clients in the reports »Survey Analysis: Digital Workers Offer a Reality Check on the Digital Workplace,« and »Millennial Digital Workers Really Do Differ From Their Elders.«

 

 

[1] The survey was conducted online, from February through March 2017, among 3,120 respondents in the US, Europe and Asia/Pacific. The survey’s objective was to understand digital workers‘ attitudes toward technology, their engagement with their work and their satisfactions with the applications provided by their organisation.


 

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