The Alternative Workplace Changing Where and How People Work  

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Apgar IV, Mahlon

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Harvard Business Review bisa di lihat di link (http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/command/detail?sid=f227f0b4-7315-44a4-a7f7-a7cd8cbad80b%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&jid=HBR) vol. 76 no. 3 (1998), page 121-138.
Topik: workplace; corporate culture; human resources management; organizational structure; telecommuters; virtual communities; work environments

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: HH10.13 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This article describes the benefits and challenges of alternative workplace programs. Today many organizations, including AT & T and IBM, are pioneering the alternative workplace - the combination of nontraditional work practices, settings, and locations that is beginning to supplement traditional offices. This is not a fad. Although estimates vary widely, it is safe to say that some 30 - 40 million people in the United States are now either telecommuters or home - based workers. What motivates managers to examine how people spend their time at the office and where else they might do their work ? Among the potential benefits for companies are reduced costs, increased productivity, and an edge in vying for and keeping talented employees. They can also capture government incentives and avoid costly sanctions. But at the same time, alternative workplace programs are not for everyone. Indeed, such programs can be difficult to adopt, even for those organizations that seem to be most suited to them. Ingrained behaviours and practical hurdles are hard to overcome. And the challenges of managing both the cultural changes and systems improvements required by an alternative workplace initiative are substantial. How should senior managers think about alternative workplace programs ? What are the criteria for determining whether the alternative workplace is right for a given organization ? What are the most common pitfalls in implementing alternative workplace programs ? The author provides the answers to these questions in his examination of this new frontier of where and how people work.

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