Telecommuting

Remote access has become a common part of many corporate networks, mainly because of the advance in telecommuting. Many companies have employees who rarely come to the office and work from home full time. These employees work from home or on the road including at coffee shops, libraries and various other locations. This means that the users need access to corporate resources using the internet. According to the book Fundamentals of information systems security by Kim, D., & Solomon, M. (2018), this

Paid Employment in the Home In her book The Second Shift, Arlie Hochschild describes how two-job married couples in the United States deal with the structural problem of the domestic work shift, i.e., that when both members of a marriage work outside of the home, the domestic work becomes an added burden to one or both of the members in addition to their outside jobs. Modern society has increased the work load of the family, thereby increasing tension in marriages and taking away time for leisure

One of these changes is working without geographical limitation, called ‘teleworking’ (telecommuting). Teleworking permits the employees to work from their home, a telecaster or a place with technological facilities near the home. It is characterized by moving the work to the workers, instead of moving the workers to the work. Teleworking is the

Problem Statement It seems that employers are afraid that they will not be able to effectively monitor employees output and have major security concerns when allowing employees to telework. The initial costs of setting up telework to employees may also be a concern for employers. Background of Problem 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

people who work remotely revealed that they're more productive than when they're in an office. In some ways, remote working is similar to having teams in different locations or spread across various parts of the country. However, establishing telecommuting protocol isn't always intuitive and the practice has yet to be considered or implemented at many organizations or in some cases has been implemented and retracted at some others. Here are a few tips to keep in mind if you are considering this as

Working from home: the disadvantage Tina DiNunzio HRP7110 – Human Resources Management Jodi Smith October 23, 2014 Working from home can sound like a dream come true. However, like any job situation there are many disadvantages to home employment that may become apparent over time. For some, this can mean making a few adjustments to make the situation more tolerable. For others, the disadvantages can be so powerful that they can put an end to the home office (Provenzano). As

propensity for 24/7 social network interactions and further propelled by the recent ubiquity of smartphones, it has also put much of the population in a mindset to operate in innovative ways when it comes to utilizing technology. While the concepts of telecommuting and telework are by no means new – these were initially explored in-depth beginning in 1973 at the University of Southern California [13] – it quickly becomes clear why organizations now increasingly wish to capitalize on these concepts. First

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, teleworking opportunities, increased from 19% in 2003 to 24% in 2015 (Shin, 2017). For employees, the question becomes what are the advantages and disadvantages of working remotely and how do they affect culture, and the successes for the employee? While job satisfaction is the driving force for employee morale, teleworking still requires performance and productivity to be successful. In order to gain a competitive edge, the employee must understand the

A Contemporary Performance Issue      Commuting is a perfect example of a contemporary performance issue, “traffic congestion can steal valuable time from employees’ personal lives” (Wells par. 1). The typical employee is concerned with the time lost in commuting to work and not spent at home with their family. The family could be spouse, children, pets, parents, siblings etc.…If your everyday lifestyle started with the concern and time wasted just for commuting to and from

Since the telecommuting job requires adequate office space to ensure the employee has everything they need to