The University has simultaneously launched its new employee portal, OneAKU, across its campuses in Pakistan, East Africa and the UK, as it strives to deepen a sense of community among employees.
As the University continues to extend its impact into new regions, it is more likely to experience a phenomenon known as the ‘friction of distance’. This refers to the increased likelihood of delays and miscommunication as people work across time zones and between cultures.
OneAKU seeks to pre-empt this challenge by offering a common platform for its 17,000 staff to connect, communicate and collaborate. By acting as a central forum for those striving to achieve AKU’s vision of improving the quality of life of people across the developing world, OneAKU will offer a user-friendly hub for shared services, facilities and processes.
Departments and units across the University’s six campuses have their own ‘home’ on OneAKU that is open to all users and offers advanced analytics to help employees enhance their services to colleagues.
In addition, the portal also unifies a range of facilities — previously spread across separate portals — such as training courses, employee giving schemes, business continuity updates and its online medical and grocery store — onto a single space providing a faster and easier way for staff to cooperate with one another.
OneAKU incorporates the latest advances in responsive web design by instantly adapting to the specifications of any desktop, laptop, cellphone or tablet to provide a consistent, yet unique, experience to every user, anytime, anywhere.
The portal was jointly developed by staff at the Human Resources, Information Technology and Office of Communications global teams in collaboration with departments across the University’s six campuses.
AKU employees can access the portal here.
The University has simultaneously launched its new employee portal, OneAKU, across its campuses in Pakistan, East Africa and the UK, as it strives to deepen a sense of community among employees.
As the University continues to extend its impact into new regions, it is more likely to experience a phenomenon known as the ‘friction of distance’. This refers to the increased likelihood of delays and miscommunication as people work across time zones and between cultures.
OneAKU seeks to pre-empt this challenge by offering a common platform for its 17,000 staff to connect, communicate and collaborate. By acting as a central forum for those striving to achieve AKU’s vision of improving the quality of life of people across the developing world, OneAKU will offer a user-friendly hub for shared services, facilities and processes.
Departments and units across the University’s six campuses have their own ‘home’ on OneAKU that is open to all users and offers advanced analytics to help employees enhance their services to colleagues.
In addition, the portal also unifies a range of facilities — previously spread across separate portals — such as training courses, employee giving schemes, business continuity updates and its online medical and grocery store — onto a single space providing a faster and easier way for staff to cooperate with one another.
OneAKU incorporates the latest advances in responsive web design by instantly adapting to the specifications of any desktop, laptop, cellphone or tablet to provide a consistent, yet unique, experience to every user, anytime, anywhere.
The portal was jointly developed by staff at the Human Resources, Information Technology and Office of Communications global teams in collaboration with departments across the University’s six campuses.
AKU employees can access the portal here.
