Information and Communications Technology - the case of teleworking.
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Developments in information and communications technologies are having profound effects on employment in rural areas and also possibly on the competitive advantage of rural areas. This latter point will depend on the extent to which rural areas are able to 'capture a higher share of information and knowledge related work than has been the case in the past.' (Bryden, 1997). Bryden sees 'information' as a cash commodity, which is able to empower and to improve democracy, with great potential for development of rural areas which have hitherto seen less of the expansion in teleworking than have
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Smith (1998) describes an 'increasingly targeted approach' to the development of ICT in the Western Isles, which has enabled many new job opportunities, particularly in the area of tele-working. Smith also highlights the importance of ICT opportunities as helping to retain some of the young people in remote areas by providing skilled work, and also perhaps in encouraging young people who have left to return to the Western Isles.
A teleworker is normally someone who is self-employed and possesses specific skills which are utilised by distant businesses on a contract basis. Teleworking can be done both at home or from a remote office, and offers new types of employment opportunities for remotely based rural populations - such as those in the Western Isles. Although the disadvantages of teleworking are often discussed - in the lack of a social environment in which to work, the lack of employee rights, benefits and promotion prospects; in remote areas with high unemployment and under-employment, it offers very real opportunities.
Furthermore, the advantages of teleworking are significant: flexible working hours, ability to work from home, new opportunities to use skills and qualifications, and competitive incomes. Smith (1998) also points out that "home based teleworkers have been found to be more productive than their contemporaries in centrally located office environments, and more loyal
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Telecommuting has been shown to reduce absenteeism, improve retention, and reduce recruitment costs for the organization (Family, pg. 730). Increased employee moral is also a benefit associated with telecommuting (Professional Isolation, pg. 512). Offering this new benefit that is such a satisfier for employees will likely result in reduced turnover within the organization and higher productivity. A study found pubic employees who were satisfied with their telework/telecommuting benefits were less likely to leave their positions (Family pg. 732). With the reduction of office time, an increase in employee productivity is likely due to fewer interruptions from fellow employees (Lessons pg. 10). With telecommuting having benefits to both the employer and employee, this new policy should bring positive results to the
Many people work in telecommuting jobs where all they really need is a place to sit and a computer with internet connection. Other businesses allow workers to work from home or set them a set of working hours on site.
Working in the ITS field, we have been asked to research the plausibility of allowing our 600+ employees the ability to telework. Currently half of our managers have the ability to work from home. With this ability we have security concerns, but we also have the expectation to be available to work no matter what the time of day is or how the weather is outside. When the credit union is closed for snow day’s managers with the ability to
Employers allow telecommuting for many reasons, including the ability to recruit better talent, decrease overhead expenses, increase productivity, expand the employee base to include those with disabilities (Anderson, Bricout & West, 2001; Lipin, 2010; Myungjung & So Hee, 2017), and to support
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This is incompletely because of honest to goodness innovation advancement; in any case, it is likewise somewhat the aftereffect of changing financial and social structures. These are progressively adjusting to the new authoritative and institutional examples needed for the full and best utilization of the new innovation, along these lines contributing now to the push for further mechanical advancement there will likewise be real ramifications for social association - in private life, business and government. The propelled force of registering, combined with minimal effort information transfers, may prompt new sorts of groups - both genuine and virtual. The likelihood of teleworking, teleshopping and tele learning may bring about a move far from the enormous urban agglomerations and offer ascent to new advancements in settlement designs. Simple access to intelligent worldwide systems together with further disentanglement of PC utilization, will improve the spread of today's embryonic "digital" groups. In business, there
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