The introduction of teleworking presents major new
challenges to human resources managers, trade unions, and others involved in the
development of good employment practices. The use of new information technology
and telecommunications to support work at a distance, places in question many of
the traditional assumptions underlying management practices and collective
agreements.
http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/summary/summary.php?id=329
Teleworking and working from home involve working from
home all orr part of the time and keeping in touch with the office by phone and
computer. The information and communication technology (ICT) ensure that
physical proximity is no longer a critical feature of all office
work.
www.new-ways.co.uk/teleworking.pdf
The rise of the Internet, advances in mobile
technologies and an expanding global marketplace are requiring companies to
compete harder for business and employees. However, technologies like wireless
telecommunications, and the Web are also creating an environment where companies
can finally create highly flexible work environments that seamlessly put workers
and their offices anywhere at any time.
www.itpapers.com/techguide/telewkg.pdf
Teleworking, or telecommuting, has been around for many
years, but the payoff hasn't lived up to its promise until recently. Among other
obstacles, communications technology left too many teleworkers feeling like the
poor cousins of coworkers in headquarters buildings. This article shows Avaya’s
top ten tips for teleworking.
http://www.ciol.com/content/ResourceCenter/2005/105072701.asp
This article shows there are different categories of
teleworkers. It also clearly explains both the advantages and disadvantages of
teleworking.
http://www.tutor2u.net/business/people/workforce_teleworking.asp
The SUSTEL (Sustainable Teleworking) project - which has
been funded since 2002 under the European Commission’s Information Society
Technologies (IST) programme - was set up to provide a comprehensive assessment
of the overall relationship between teleworking and sustainable development
(which involves assessing its economic, environmental and social
impacts).
http://www.teliasonera.com/GetImages/GetImages_GetImage_pdf/0,1168,61820,00.pdf#search='TELEWORKING'
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