Working for my families new small-owned business that is expanding rapidly, I believe we should switch to telework for our employees. I think this is smart to do so we can become closer to our clients. There are three main advantages that I believe we should act on to make our business more successful and create better relationships with clients. The benefits of telework include more productive time use such as synchronous and asynchronous, telework creates media richness to help build relationships with clients, and telework lowers cost of office space by allowing your employees to work virtually. Time use is such an important aspect of any business. The main goal for many companies is thinking how can we be the most beneficial with our
time at work. Telework would create the advantage of creating that beneficial time our employers want the employees to utilize. It will have a major impact on synchronous time. This type of time has the most immediate advantage with clients. It allows us to set up meetings with Skype or phone so that we have immediate responses from our clients. This is so beneficial because it allows us to build relationships with face-to-face Skype interactions with our clients. We may lose some of that if we do not switch to telework. Asynchronous time can be a huge advantage for the employer when communicating with his employees. You would have the ability to relay messages through email or text, knowing that you do not need an immediate response from your workers. This would create less strain on them knowing that they do not need to immediately reply. Telework creates a huge advantage of increasing media richness with our clients. The goal of media richness is to increase the number of cues available to us. Technology has created the ability to have fact to face interactions with clients, but still have the ability to be in different cities, states, or countries. This has a huge advantage for telework and creating relationships with your clients. The reason I believe this is because you can stay away from the emails and actually get to interact with the clients you are trying to sell on your products. You can have meetings with clients all the way from Japan and still get the fact to face interaction that is needed to build beneficial relationships. By being able to work virtually, it lowers the cost for you. It makes sense to be able to downsize office space since more people would work virtually from home. This would lower cost for office space. Some may think that it would cost more because we have to supply computers for our employees. But they are only thinking short-term not long-term. The cost of buying computers and lowering office space would eventually come to our advantage and increase our income as a company. By being able to work virtually would be a huge asset to our savings as a company. The process of moving to telework would be easy and beneficial to all. Not only would we save thousands of dollars a month by not having to lease large office space, but we would also boost the moral and confidence of our employees. We would have Skype meetings weekly to make sure our employees are working efficiently and have no questions about anything. They have the ability to work when work needs to be done but have the time freedom to enjoy family life if needed. It creates better time use for everyone. If they ever have issues, they can Skype, face time, text, or email anyone who would be able to help them. I think the most important aspect of teleworking would be to eliminate the anonymous co-workers or clients. The whole motto for our teleworking employees would be to interact face to face more with the clients. This would allow us to eliminate the anonymous aspect. It would help us build relationships with these co-workers and clients. In the end, it would overall help the relationships and structure of our company.
In the previous study, the authors stated that there are various studies about the telecommuting include references to corporate attitudes toward telecommuting, motivation, productivity, supervision and employee satisfaction.
Time management is a very important skill for all employees. Many employees find themselves frustrated with their workload and this often leads to stress as they try to catch up on tasks that they have not managed to complete.
Adequate and effective time management strategies will be adopted for implementing all of the above strategies in effective and efficient way
When an assignment or task is given, prioritizing and time-management skills will have one be able to follow through to ensure the completion in a time frame that is satisfactory to the requestor. In this case study, one will read of the problems that have arisen with poor time management skills and the results. One will also read the alternatives, possible solutions, and the recommendations to avoid errors in the workplace.
Explain that less office space will be needed and how employees of companies that offer telecommuting often have a better retention rate than companies that do not.
Time management is essential in the workplace and it can help eliminate many other problems that could arise if time is poorly managed. By using the various time and stress management techniques available it is possible to reduce or even eliminate stress. A person who manages their time well can benefit from an organised, manageable workload with enough time to complete the jobs and tasks that are of any importance. Time management can have a direct effect on a persons stress levels and it is important that stress levels are kept to a minimum to ensure optimum performance, efficiency and general well being.
The same can be said about the disadvantages of telecommuting. Advantages of Telecommuting One of the main driving factors for any company is economics and how will telecommuting allow the corporation to be profitable. The primary saving for companies embarking upon the telecommuting concept is the reduction in the amount of office space required to conduct business. Telecommuting benefits the employer because they have an expanded pool of employees. The skills of employees with commuting difficulties, childcare conflict, disabilities, geographical barriers are made available to a telecommuting employer.
The workplace today goes beyond just the walls and ceilings that surround an office environment or office building. According to the International Telework Association and Council, 44.4 million Americans worked from home at least part of the time in 2004, up 7.5% from just on year earlier (Earthweb, 2005). Though it may be very convenient to work from home, the choice can bring its own set of problems. There are financial reasons, efficiencies, and even managing time are just a few to name that bring about many challenges and issues that any remote employee would face in that type of work environment.
What is telecommuting, and why would anyone want to either be employed by or employ others to work from their home? The telecommuting employees are “Salaried employees of an organization replace or modify the commute by working at home or a location closer to home than the regular workplace, generally using ICT to support productivity and communication with the supervisor, co-workers, clients, and other colleagues.” (Hoang, Nickerson, Beckman, & Eng, 2008) and according to studies 47 percent of telecommuting workers report that they are more productive while working from home due to a lessening of stress and increased satisfaction in their career - while their employers glean the benefit of saving 63 percent of the cost of absenteeism and save thousands of dollars annually over traditionally employed workers. (Potter, 2003) While some may say that in order to function properly in a workplace you have to be in the workplace, with minor adjustments in technology on both the employer’s and employee’s part telecommuting has become a proven, viable way for businesses to function profitably while their workforce remains able to reduce the stress of commuting on their personal and family lives.
...’ flex schedules. A third of the companies surveyed by Mercer, up from just 6 percent as recently as 1993, offer employees the option of working at home, with modem-equipped computers linking them to the office. More than a fifth say they are considering such a program. Retailer J.C. Penney, for example, has found that home-based telecommuters are the answer to its on-call operations. Recruited in-house from the company’s telemarketing staff, the part-time workers are supervised by phone, e-mail and twice-monthly visits. Prediction: Between 7.5 million and 15 million workers will telecommute three to four days a week by 2002, according to projections by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Wells par. 5).
The advantages of telecommuting and having a virtual office are the ability to work from your own home. There is no travel time to the office which will save you in gas and wear and tear on your car. The office space in your home can be a tax write off. With a virtual office you set your own hours and work for yourself. The disadvantages would be that you do not have physical interaction with your coworkers when you are telecommuting. You may miss out on some things that occur in the office if people forget to pass on the information to you. You may also have to pay for your own workspace equipment. If you have a virtual office you may have periods of little to no work as it is not a guaranteed paycheck.
There are many different parts to time management, such as procrastination, strategy, organization, expectations and being prepared. All of them contribute equally in many ways. All of the things that we have spoken about in this paper are highly recommended. The best thing to do when it comes to time management is to set a strategy, become organized and do your best to avoid procrastination. When you manage your time make sure you include the following; studying, sleeping, eating, relaxing and other necessary things. No matter what our circumstances are, we can all use some time management skills in our lives.
"The survey found that 100% of the team said they would recommend working remotely to other departments" (Hirst, 2016, p. 3). Although MIT did not see a significant financial difference, they noted intangible benefits like reduced stress, decreased absenteeism, and a feeling of control. Flex time and stress One benefit noted was reduced stress as employees did not have to commute to work as often.
(Claessens, Brigitte J.C.2004). adds that time “cannot be managed, because time is an invariable factor. Only the way a person deals with time can be”. Nevertheless, time management has become increasingly essential to businesses and organizations. This is especially true over the last two decades, as a result of expanding global competition and increased demands for the immediate availability of products and services. Given the increased pace of everyday life, people increasingly need to be more organized. Efficient time management practices support business students in acquiring key skills that will assist them both in their educatio...
There are approximately 3.3 million people in the U.S., not including the self-employed or unpaid volunteers, who primarily work from home, a number that has risen by almost 80 percent since 2005 (Wilkie, 2015). These figures are according to the latest statistics from the Telework Research Network, part of the consulting firm Global Analytics (Wilkie, 2015). Advancing technology such as laptops, cell phones, and video conferencing has helped make working remotely easier (Wilkie, 2015). Some studies show that longer commutes for employees and a desire to balance work and home life duties could be contributing factors in why people decide to telework (Bailey & Kurland, 2002) Working remotely is a concern because of how it affects employee productivity,