Teleworkers would likely emphasize the reduced or eliminated commuting times previously involved in simply getting to and from the workplace which represents time they can devote to their organizational responsibilities. Furthermore, teleworkers wou Continue Reading...
Teleworking: The Employee Impact Within the Organization
Telework (or telecommuting as it is normally referred to), has been around for quite some time now. More so, this is a work option that is bound to grow and increase in the future. Teleworking Continue Reading...
There are advantages of telecommuting for both employees and employers. Advantages for teleworkers include: better administration of time and augmented flexibility of working schedule, productivity development due to the fact that they are not both Continue Reading...
The Herzberg two-plane model that includes an upper plane of "motivator" factors, which are those factors that lead to high job satisfaction are compared to the "hygiene" factors that are enablers of stability in any work environment. Motivator fact Continue Reading...
HARMONIZING PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BALANCE: STUDY OF EMPLOYERS' FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES IN THE U.K.
This study seeks to show that there are several different family friendly policies being utilized by employers in the U.K. And that these have be Continue Reading...
For employers, in addition to reduced office costs and increased productivity, organizations that have telework programs cite a number of other benefits that warrant attention (Di Martino & Wirth, 1990). Work satisfaction criteria that many org Continue Reading...
Delphi Study: Influence of Environmental Sustainability Initiatives on Information Systems
Table of Contents (first draft)
Green IT
Current Methods and Solutions
Green IT and energy costs
Green It and Email Systems
Green IT and ICT
Green IT an Continue Reading...
Moreover, because the organization heavily promotes its commitment to global and local ecological and environmental responsibility, the proposed change only lends further support to these values and demonstrates broader commitment to achieving the d Continue Reading...
Notwithstanding these positive trends, the glass ceiling is not broken (although it has been cracked a bit) and even telecommuting is used in different ways with male and female employees. For example, Arnow-Richman points out that, "While telecomm Continue Reading...
34). Viable choices in designing effective programs includes agencies include partnering with private and/or public operators to compliment efforts. Collaboration to diversifying travel choices through transit agencies may attract individuals, tradi Continue Reading...
Instead of training sessions requiring trainers and trainees to be together in the same office, trainers can conduct sessions from one location for employees in multiple remote locations without requiring coordinated travel necessary for traditional Continue Reading...
To be successful in the 21st century, Waggoner-Edstrom must transform distance and time constraints into advantages, by creating a virtual team and telecommuting organizational structure.
Background
Overview of Research Process
The following is a Continue Reading...
Cox Communications Telecommunications Innovation
Status of the Sustainability Movement
The telecommunications industry, supported by the United Nations and the International Telecommunications Union, launched a formal cooperative effort to promote Continue Reading...
Routine Message
The following is a list of pros and cons with respect to teleworking or telecommuting.
Pros
Better work-life balance
Lower commuting costs and time
Lower real estate and head office costs
Improved carbon footprints
Increased pr Continue Reading...
What emerged from the review of the literature, though, was the fact that the agency's top leader recognized that something must be done to address this problem and took substantive action in the form of offered alternative work arrangements for pat Continue Reading...
The critical issues if technology like security, management of assets, system access, support and reliability must be implemented through appropriate policies and standards while ensuring that there is fairness, maintaining of corporate culture as w Continue Reading...