Question

Provide at least three reasons why companies are hesitant to adopt the intranet and for each reason describe how the company can best manage these issues

Answer 1

Answer: Intranet becomes the one stop shop for all workers for work related documents, Tools and information to perform their daily tasks.

There are some cons related to Intranet of which Companies are vary off:

1. Security Risks: Open access to data may lead to Information leak to unauthorized party - putting the Company at serious risk.

To counter this, Company must have an effective security system via a gateway or firewall.this will help in preventing the issues such as data leak to a great extent.

2.Counterproductive: As their is a lot of information available on the Intranet if it is not made available in an organised manner and the employees does not know how to use it effectively it can lead to a lot of time wastage for their employees leading to be exactly opposite of what was intended from it.

For this information needs to put in an organised manner on the intranet leading to easy sharing of Information,

3. Costly and Time Consuming: It could be Costly procedure as dedicated teams are required to set it up. Additionally, if the employees do not know all the functionalities of the Intranet and understand how to use it effectively.It can impede staffs ability to perform their duties.

Dedicated and Regular Training of employees will help a lot here. on the Cost part have to think long term impact of Intranet and the employee productivity it will help in increasing