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Employee incentive scheme. Companies reward the best employees according to anon-

ymous voting by their peers. At the end of each quarter, prizes such as DVD players and 

televisions are awarded.

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Text messaging. A distribution company keeps in touch with its sales staff and driv-

ers through enabling staff to contact colleagues who are ‘on the road’ using 

SMS

 text 

messaging.

 3 

Holiday booking. A workflow system forwards holiday requests to the relevant manager 

and informs the applicant automatically. Team managers can also check on the intranet 

to see when people within their group have booked holidays.

 4 

Resource booking. Viewing and making bookings of meeting rooms is another simple 

application that can save time.