Chapter 6 Telecommunications
SYNOPSIS: This video case talks about new technologies that allow for instant meetings around the globe called telepresence. How these technologies can be used to eliminate barriers that are location and distance. Large companies like CISCO who has locations all over the place can interact simultaneously with all the other branches around the world all in the same meeting. Talks about how this telepresence can make efficiency and productivity go up in the business world. It is an advantage that many smaller companies could use to help keep up with the big leagues.
1. What kinds of limitations do you see for users of telepresence? Is it really a substitute for face-to-face meetings? Make a list of features of face-to-face meetings. Then consider a range of business situations as an employee, from initial hire, to working with a team, to understanding what your boss wants, and even a termination meeting. How would telepresence work for you in these situations?
In my opinion it is better to have face-to-face meetings because you are able to look each other in the eyes. It is more satisfying to talk to someone in the same room not across the internet. It is hard to keep eye contact with someone over telepresence and you don't get to read the person you are talking to. Technology makes telepresence very easy to use, I am sure better today than in the past. The part about considering the time between hiring and termination, and how you get to know the boss or person you are working for; it is much nicer to get to know your superiors in person than over a piece of technology. I think your odds of survival in the business are better if you get to know them in person. Although many huge companies have to talk to leaders around the country if not world and it is more convenient to be able to virtually put yourself in another room of the person you are trying to conduct a meeting with. I personally love the face-to-face better but if I owned a larger company and had
1. What kinds of limitations do you see for users of telepresence? Is it really a substitute for face-to-face meetings? Make a list of features of face-to-face meetings. Then consider a range of business situations as an employee, from initial hire, to working with a team, to understanding what your boss wants, and even a termination meeting. How would telepresence work for you in these situations?
In my opinion it is better to have face-to-face meetings because you are able to look each other in the eyes. It is more satisfying to talk to someone in the same room not across the internet. It is hard to keep eye contact with someone over telepresence and you don't get to read the person you are talking to. Technology makes telepresence very easy to use, I am sure better today than in the past. The part about considering the time between hiring and termination, and how you get to know the boss or person you are working for; it is much nicer to get to know your superiors in person than over a piece of technology. I think your odds of survival in the business are better if you get to know them in person. Although many huge companies have to talk to leaders around the country if not world and it is more convenient to be able to virtually put yourself in another room of the person you are trying to conduct a meeting with. I personally love the face-to-face better but if I owned a larger company and had