Telework
Towards the Elusive Office
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Telework Towards the Elusive Office Ursula Huws, Werner B. Korteand Simon Robinson for Empirica Since the early seventies theconcept of telework has been popularised and sensationalised byfuturologists and the media. Usually, but not always, portrayedidealistically, telework continues to be a subject of interest toboth the practitioner and the academic world. By examining andinterpreting the results of three major European surveys, this bookmoves away from the journalistic approach of earlier work anddemonstrates a thorough understanding of the present reality oftelework and it's likely future. In addition it draws on a wealthof empirical evidence to present a critical, objective and rigorousanalysis of the economic, social and legal faces of telework fromthe perspectives of the individual worker and the policy analyst aswell as the organizational manager. Early predictions may have beensimplistic and overstated, but managers and workers cannot affordto ignore the implications of a technology which is becoming bothcheaper and more widely available. The office is ceasing to be afixed geographical space and becoming instead a web ofrelationships held together by telecommunication networks. Althoughfull-time homeworking may never become a reality for the majorityof people, we are moving into the era of the elusive office and fewjobs will be entirely unaffected. For all those interested intelework--employers, employees, consultants, managers, computerprofessionals, as well as academics and researchers--this bookwill provide essential reading. Reviews of the hardback edition'... a valuable and comprehensive addition to the debate onfuture patterns of work.' Computer Bulletin '... adetailed and studious book. It tackles the subject from allangles--the organisation and management of telework, the legalaspects, the economics and how it feels for the teleworkers.'Telecom World
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Ursula Huws
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