Current Communications Trends in Business Kevin Lewis MGT 350 October 18‚ 2012 Professor Traci Herrera Introduction In the times we live in‚ communication and the technology that allows us to communicate have seen major advancements. I can remember being in college and having to actually leave my dorm room to make that track to a relatively unknown territory called the library. I left college and joined the military in 1991. During my entire time in the military‚ I can recall using a
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References: Best benefits: Telecommuting. 2012. 100 Best Companies to Work for. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/benefits/telecommuting.html CIW Team Staff. 2013. 10‚000 packages from Taobao being shipped to Taiwan every day. China Internet Watch
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to view work-life as a well-integrated whole. The growing concern of work life integration is that it crosses over in other issues of the business‚ attract and retain quality staff‚ staff retention/turnover‚ health and wellness of employee and productivity. The strongest factors associated with an employee’s ability to integrate work and family is a supportive supervisor and workplace culture. What is Work/Life? Today many companies prefer the terms "work/life" or "lifecycle" to work/family
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That was well over ten years ago. Today‚ managers can hold global staff meetings and significantly cut costs with regard to travel and expense accounts while fulfilling the new trend of being “green”. Much of corporate America now has people in telecommuting programs‚ and the number of people involved is continually growing. Information sharing is faster and more convenient than ever before. You never have to leave your home or book a flight out to acquire information or survey a property or even
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Work Life Balance Human Resource Perspectives on Work Life Balance Course Technology and Work Life Balance 2 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….3 OVERVIEW OF TELECOMMUTING…………………………………………………………4 BENEFITS……………………………………………………………………………………….5 CHALLENGES………………………………………………………………………………….6 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………….7 Technology and Work Life Balance 3
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1. You are Jennifer. What “talking points” would you prepare to support your case? Include both the strengths and limitations of telecommuting. Keep in mind the needs of your “customers‚” the human resources VP‚ as well as Sarah‚ and the VP of operations. There are many different talking points Jennifer can bring up to support her case. By Jennifer telecommunicating it will increase the level of satisfaction with the job based on increased autonomy‚ especially when she needs that independence the
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or broadband connection. Telecommuting increases available time for family and self by eliminating the employee’s commute. Along with telecommuting‚ some companies offer Flex-Time. Flex-Time allows the work schedule to be configured differently from the typical Monday through Friday‚ 9am-to-5pm workweek. One will still work a total of 40 hours that week only one day may be shorter than the rest. Flex-Time is basically a flexible work schedule. Flex-time and telecommuting are examples of Flexible
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5. Many of the wonderful promises made by advances in technology are overshadowed by the fact that employers now have the capability of monitoring every employee e-mail‚ to make sure employees are delivering on the promise of increased worker productivity. True False 6. The potential cost savings for American corporations who ship work to countries with lower labor costs is becoming increasingly unattractive due to rising wages in those countries. True False 7. The first wave of technological
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Do you think an employee’s productivity is affected by whether they are satisfied or unsatisfied as an employee? Explain your answer. Yes‚ I think an employee’s productivity is affected by whether they are satisfied or unsatisfied as an employee. As employees spend most of their time at work‚ the employees’ identity is closely linked to their jobs. Employees have feelings; they must feel satisfied or feel that the job is treating them fairly. When they feel that they are being appreciated‚ they
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benefits of a team-based approach? Teamwork is a huge factor of the success for many companies around the world. The performance of teamwork in the workplace will bring the sense of trust‚ loyalty and security among every worker. The morale and productivity will be higher as a result of that. However‚ working on a team has its own challenges. Working with people that have different personalities‚ ideas‚ cultures‚ backgrounds‚ ages‚ needs and values is one of the most challenges that teamwork faces
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