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‘Working smarter not harder’ is a common exhortation from senior management. Achieving this aim often requires a well thought out combination of changes to behaviour, processes and technology. With many organisations operating with reduced headcount and difficult market conditions the ability to ‘work smarter’ has never been so important.
Judging Criteria
The judges will be looking for projects that have delivered significant change to working practices or processes, and have led to clearly identifiable benefits to both organisations and their employees. Working Smarter may be split into public and private sector winners.
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7th Awards
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Severn Trent Water - SAP Programme
As partnership with IBM and Wipro, Severn Trent Water decided to implement a 'vanilla version' of SAP as part of a business transformation programme that replaced over 100 systems used by 8,300 staff and contractors.
The project was delivered in two main phases and affected every part of the business operation inlcuding the mobile field teams, many of whom had never used a computer.
Judges Comments:
"This is an example of a project delivering genuine business transformation, combined with great teamwork and exceptional dedication of all concerned."
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6th Awards
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Co-operative Financial Services - Differentiation by Being Better - Good with Ideas
Following 18 months of uncertainty over an outsourcing proposalm the IS organisation needed a leadership strategy to rebuild a 'Sense of Purpose'. The solution was matching the company's 'Good with Money' campaign with their own programme called 'Good with Ideas'.
Judges Comments:
"Excellent leadership in bringing about cultural change and building a platform and innovation with the business."
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Working Smarter
