Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Office Workstations in the Home
  • Copyright
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Contents
  • PLANNING PANEL OFFICE WORKSTATIONS IN THE HOME
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Overview
  • American Express Company: Project Homebound
  • BACKGROUND
  • EQUIPMENT
  • MONITORING AND CONTROL
  • PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
  • HOME WORKSTATIONS AND THE LAW
  • RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING
  • MANAGEMENT OF HOME-BASED STAFF
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield of South Carolina: Program for Clerical Workers
  • THE COTTAGE KEYER PROJECT
  • Work Load Statistics
  • Productivity Statistics
  • Error Rate StatisticsEarnings Comparison
  • U.S. Army: Prototype Program for Professionals
  • DETAILS OF THE PROJECT
  • Feasibility Study
  • Approval Process
  • Implementation
  • Problems
  • RESULTS
  • Supervisory Control
  • Increased Computer Use
  • CPU Efficiency Rate
  • Computer Connect Time
  • Cost Savings
  • Employee Morale
  • Personal Use of Government Resources
  • THE EXTERNAL AUDIT
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Mountain Bell: Program for Managers
  • Control Data Corporation: Alternate Work Site Programs
  • BACKGROUND AND CONCERNS
  • LegalitiesLogistics
  • Management
  • Personnel
  • HOMEWORK: A CONTROL DATA AWS PROGRAM
  • HOW WELL DOES AWS WORK?
  • Advantages of AWS
  • Disadvantages of AWS
  • Productivity and AWS
  • Costs, Savings, and AWS
  • Managing AWS
  • Career Development
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Selection of Participants
  • Level of Participation
  • Communications and Measurement Procedures
  • THE FUTURE
  • F International: Twenty Years' Experience in Homeworking
  • Legalities
  • LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTIVE LAWS
  • LABOR RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
  • FRINGE BENEFITS AND INSURANCESAFETY AND HEALTH
  • ZONING
  • Effects of Work Location on Motivation
  • EFFECTS OF HOMEWORK ON OUTCOME LEVELS
  • Expenditure of Energy
  • Production
  • Social Interaction
  • Social Status
  • Wages
  • SUMMARY OF EFFECTS
  • CONTINUITY, CHANGE, AND MOTIVATION
  • NOTES
  • Use and Misuse of Workstations at Home
  • Discussion: Labor Issues
  • HOURS AND WAGES
  • PROTECTING THE WORKER
  • Discussion: Lessons Learned
  • PRODUCTIVITY
  • CAREER ADVANCEMENT
  • WHO TELECOMMUTES?
  • Technology Forecast
  • Clerical Workers and New Office TechnologiesECONOMIC REALITIES FOR WORKING WOMEN
  • CHILD CARE
  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
  • LOOKING AHEAD
  • Intensification
  • Part-Time Workers
  • Relocation
  • SUMMARY
  • NOTES
  • The Potential of Remote Work for Professionals
  • THE LOCATION-INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION
  • THE CONTRACT ORGANIZATION
  • THE HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATION
  • ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS AND PRESSURES
  • INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND PRESSURES
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • NOTES
  • Commentary
  • DEMOGRAPHY
  • PRODUCTIVITY
  • ATTRACTIVENESS
  • COSTS