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I came across a very crisp article on the different ways an intranet software can help an organization. No high level talk of the "social" effects or "emergence". Straight up benefits :- 1.Improved Communication - Your intranet contains communications tools like email, forums, IM, web conferencing, wikis etc.With these tools available, and a management which encourages interaction, employees communicate much more, which results in shared knowledge and a more effective organization. 2. Paperless Office - Intranets contain document management and collaboration features, which encourage you to store business documents online, and use the system to distribute it across the organization. Less use of paper is more efficient, saves costs, and is more environment friendly too! 3. Saved Costs - This is an age of out of the box intranet software, which requires you to "pay as you go" (monthly subscriptions), and scales up as your organization scales up. 4. Avoid information overload - Companies which do not have an intranet tend to do everything through email - document collaboration using file attachments, task management, meeting and appointment scheduling, discussions etc. Intranets provide specialized tools for each of these activities, which leads to more efficiency and better management of information. 5.Saved Time - I keep mentioning improved efficiency. Improved efficiency = saved time which can be diverted elsewhere, in more productive tasks.
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