Effect of ICT on Working Practices

 

Effect of ICT on Working Practices

 

Employees normally work on the company’s premises .Advances in ICT has allowed more Employees to:

o   Work at home.
o   Work while travelling (on trains/planes).

 

To work away from the workplace you may need:

1.    A laptop (with access to a word processor, spreadsheets, database etc.).
2.    The ability to send and receive e-mails.
3.    Mobile phones.
4.    Voice-mail to receive messages.
5.    Fax machine.
6.    Pager.
7.    Videoconferencing facilities to hold meetings.

 

Teleworking means employment at home. It involves work that has to be done with a computer. You have to communicate with the workplace by phone, fax or modem. The advantages of Teleworking are that it reduces travel time and cost, you can work flexible hours and also have a much better balance of work and family life. So you can have a more relaxed life style and do work in a better environment. Working from home will mean that you can spend a lot more time with your family and choose the times that you want to work. Also working at home means that you won’t have to spend time and money get to work meaning you will save money which is a benefit.

 

 

Telecommuting, remote work, or telework is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work. A person who telecommutes is known as a "telecommuter", "teleworker", and sometimes as a "home-sourced" employee. Many telecommuters work from home, while others, sometimes called "nomad workers", use mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee shops or other locations. According to a Reuters poll, approximately "one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, telecommute frequently and nearly 10 percent work from home every day".