Email Etiquette Training

An international workplace survey has found that 83% of Australians use email, the Internet, or both while at work and most are convinced it makes them more productive.

With this growing trend in modern business communication within Australia, the explosion of unnecessary and time-wasting emails was one of the biggest sources of complaints. Some 35% of workers said they received high levels of emails that were either time wasting or unnecessary. This evidently points to the volume of emails that are directed to people without having a clear purpose.

In an increasingly knowledge-based economy, it is critical that information is widely accessible and able to be utilised effectively in the workplace. It is also vital that organisations develop policies to guide employees on the correct use of online communications. These should cover issues such as privacy, personal use, monitoring, downloading of content, access by third parties and illegal use of the Internet.