Employees can get very excited about the technology and will scream for more and more applications. The administrators of the system must be very careful monitor use of the system to control bandwidth flow. Employee Fears - Many managers may resist the intranet because it provides information so quickly to the lowest level of employee. Information equals power in most organizations and managers must be convinced that empowering users with knowledge will not endanger their job. Reward for Collaborative Behavior - Intranets build cooperation and the sharing of ideas.
Many organizations reward competitive behavior among employees.
Rewards must be set up for the sharing of information and knowledge across departmental boundaries for the intranet to be successful. Virtually any department that needs information in a timely fashion can benefit from an intranet. I have listed some examples below. Every intranet contains some basic components. Companies choose to supply some or all of these internally while others go to outside consultants.