IJM Corporation Berhad announces ground-breaking partnership with Facebook at Work

Petaling Jaya, 1 April 2016: IJM Corporation Berhad (IJM) - with offices in 10 countries and spanning across 3 continents of Asia, the Middle East and Europe, announced a ground-breaking partnership with Facebook at Work, to bring the business version of Facebook to its 4,600-odd employees across the group. 

The launch of Facebook-at-Work by IJM today to its employees is an innovative milestone for the Malaysian-grown conglomerate as it became the first publicly-listed company in Malaysia to introduce Facebook At Work among its employees. 

This is the first time that an enterprise collaboration platform has been adopted by IJM. IJM’s CEO & Managing Director, Dato’ Soam Heng Choon in his launch message said that Facebook At Work is a similar platform to Facebook, which is simple, secure and easy-to-use, with features that are focused on improving team collaboration, productivity and efficiency which is in line with the company’s goal of enhancing the 3 Cs – Connect, Communicate, Collaborate amid its five business divisions. Employees not only will be using the social networking platform on their desktop computer, they will be able to use it in their mobile phones and tablets so that they can keep track of work and improve knowledge transfer while on the move.

“IJM has a big vision to enhance company operating culture to be even more effective and collaborative. In order to achieve this, there are many areas we need to improve; one of it is the IT platform. We have found Facebook at Work fits into our requirement very well as it has the potential to bring people around the world closer. We believe Facebook at Work will do this for our organisation.” said Dato’ Soam. “It is very easy to pick up because many people are already using it daily in their personal lives and is completely separate from the consumer Facebook service.” 

IJM began piloting Facebook At Work among a group of champions from its five business divisions of Construction, Property development, Manufacturing and Quarrying, Infrastructure Concessions and Plantations in January 2016 and had received very positive feedback. Staff shared that they were able to work much more efficiently, getting faster feedback and responses on decisions, update colleagues on work in a much more engaging way and a broader reach as well as getting a wider range of ideas for on-going projects. IJM launched Facebook at Work to all its 4,600 employees on 7 March 2016.

“I’ve been actively using Facebook At Work while we were piloting it and I find that it allows me to exchange information and ideas quickly and securely with my team on a broad range of subjects. As the Group has grown larger over the last few years, I’m excited to have Facebook At Work bringing all IJMers closer together and collaborate more effectively.” Dato’ Soam further added. 

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About IJM Corporation Berhad

IJM Corporation Berhad (“IJM”), formed in 1983, is today one of Malaysia’s leading construction groups and is listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia. Its business activities encompass construction, property development, manufacturing and quarrying, infrastructure concessions and plantations. 

Headquartered in Selangor, its operations are located in 10 countries, with primary focus in Malaysia, India and Indonesia. The Group presently has a market capitalisation of RM12 billion and as of 31 December 2015, the Group employed around 4,600 employees and total assets of RM20 billion. 

The Group’s belief in a shared destiny with its employees remains pivotal to its growing success while its reputation for professionalism, performance and good governance is acknowledged by customers and investors alike from its numerous corporate and industry accolades. IJM is committed to ethical business conduct and subscribes to the principles of good corporate citizenship for sustainable growth and development.