Teleworking: benefits and drawbacks

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The world is looking for innovation, notably in the organization of work. Teleworking aka telecommuting, which associates data-processing, telecommunication and new organization of work, was an important innovation in the eighties. Working remotely means working from a distance through the use of telecommunication technologies. Today, the opportunities generated by teleworking can be found in several fields of activity. Teleworking offers significant benefits but also some drawbacks to workers and managers and it also give social benefits

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[...] We are to draw that this may be unreal to expect workers to work all the time (overworking) at home because social contact is necesary for human health (socialisation, we all need support “ecards can not remplace real wishes) and we need enterteinment, we learn more and work well when we are happy (poursuite our leisure). We all know that innovation depends on sociability because it is based on sharing of knowledged and skills. virtual world has a role, but the workplace will remain as a hub of innovation” (Richard Scase) Our ideas are not ex nihilo, they are inspired from others ideas already existed. [...]

[...] “Project teams may be organised to interact via internet but for trust and the exchange of idas to develop, periodic face-to-face sociability is vital . Innovation depends on creativity and a key factor in, creativity is sociability” (article). That may lead to a dwinling of productivity. We lack also internal motivation that can best be generated by leaders and managers "leading from the front". Thirdly, many companies are not well equipped for telework. Or some companies have management systems and cultures that are not (yet) well adapted to the telework. [...]

[...] Teleworking: benefits and drawbacks Topic Writing The world is looking for innovation, notably in the organisation of work. Teleworking aka telecommuting, which associates data-processing, telecommunication and new organisation of work, was an important innovation in the eighties. Working remotely means working from a distance through the use of telecommunication technologies. Today, the opportunities generated by teleworking can be found in several fields of activity. Teleworking offers significant benefits but also some drawbacks to workers, managers and it also gives social benefits. [...]

[...] But sometimes teleworkers have to cope with some unexpected problems which may backfire them. Even though we benefit now a very rapide connection of internet, we still lack of immediate and real time assistance. Workers can not answer spontaneously and can not take part in entire enterprise life. Working remotely at home means you work alone so we may feel of being lonely not to say isolated. Loss of social interraction is demotivating and can be depressing. We also need interaction, brainstorming although this may wast time but need to reactive our thoughts. [...]

[...] Anyway teleworking has to be applied in the right circumstances and in the right way. This shows the changing of mind and behaviour of society towards the notion of work. Working at home must not be an issue that is sensible to be completely for or completely against but it is indisputably central to future opportunities for a sustainable economy and need now to be extended. The technology of teleworking is relatively easy; the management of it will be much more difficult, felxibility very well but it depends mainly on the will and the discipline of workers and managers. [...]