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Mobile and flexible working

Mobile and flexible working offers public and independent sector organisations considerable benefits. Properly implemented, it can generate efficiency savings, bring an organisation closer to its customers and improve service, dramatically cut estate and infrastructure costs and create a more attractive work-life balance for staff.

However, it also throws up challenges. Mobile and flexible working can work against common information management standards across the organisation. There are significant security concerns, and the unplanned adoption of particular technology solutions by different departments may represent a step backwards. Success depends on taking a strategic and holistic approach which recognises the organisational, cultural and technical challenges in order to maximise the transformational benefits.

 Socitm Consulting can help your organisation implement mobile and flexible working efficiently and successfully. We can advise on new mobile technology use and appropriate suppliers. We can produce business plans, cost /benefit analyses, risk assessments and business continuity plans. We can help to manage the transformation to new management practices and the change of culture required.

How we can help:

  • Home, mobile, flexible and smart working strategy development
  • Maximising savings on the property portfolio and redesigning working environments
  • HR considerations – preparing staff and managers for new ways of working and measuring performance
  • Business process improvements with a focus on lean systems approaches
  • Redesigning systems – including electronic document and records management and unified communications
  • Information management considerations – including data quality, security, business continuity/disaster recovery and information assurance
  • Benefits realisation

Related briefing:

Recent examples of projects include:

Proj No
Description
Date
LMFWS 
Developing and Managing a Strategy for Mobile and Flexible Working
Socitm Consulting (internal)
31/03/2009
6716 
Mobile working critical friend
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
05/06/2008
FRM6645 
Flexible working (framework)
Hampshire County Council
06/05/2008
5922 
ICT strategy
Aylesbury Vale District Council
20/11/2006
5854 
Voice data and mobile benchmarking review
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
25/08/2006
5820 
Mobile services - best value review
Tower Hamlets London Borough
14/08/2006
5765 
Mobile Working Business Case
Bromley London Borough
06/05/2006
5720 
Mobile Working Review
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
28/02/2006
5527 
Real time booking and mobile working
Scarborough Borough Council
22/09/2005

For further information please call us on 0845 450 0904, email info@socitmconsulting.co.uk