Research recommendations : to facilitate distributed work / / Technology and Telecommuting: Issues and Impacts Committee, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission of Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961796003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D. C., : National Academy Press, 1994
• ISBN: 9786610210947; 9781280210945; 128021094X; 9780309587587; 0309587581; 9780585022826; 0585022828
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (83 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KrautRobert E
• Disciplina: 331.25
• Soggetti: Telecommuting; Teams in the workplace
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Support for this project was provided by the Department of Energy (Grant No. DE-FG02-93ER25161)"--t.p. verso.; "B-498"--t.p. verso.; Robert Kraut, chair--p. iii.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-71).
• Nota di contenuto: RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- Infrastructure Research -- Applications Research -- CONCLUSION -- 1 Technology and the Changing Workplace -- NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FLEXIBLE WORK -- THIS REPORT -- Approach and Emphasis -- Scope and Definitions-Telecommuting Versus Distributed Work -- TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- The Rise of Distributed Work-Representative Concerns -- Impacts on Transportation and Land Use -- Social Isolation -- Management and Personnel Considerations -- Other Impacts and Public Policy Considerations -- SUMMARY COMMENTS -- 2 Distributed Work: ; Current Reality and Promise -- ASPECTS OF DISTRIBUTED WORK ENABLED BY COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY -- Information Processing -- Audio and Video Communications -- Audio -- Video and Audio-Video -- Computer-mediated Communications -- Current Uses of Electronic Mail -- Potential Uses of Electronic Mail for Distributed Work -- Information Sharing and Use of Remote Facilities -- THE REALITY OF TODAY'S DISTRIBUTED WORK -- The Mobile Worker-A Composite -- Distributed Education -- Collaborative Work-The Need for New Products Linked to Underlying Databases or Objects -- THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED DISTRIBUTED WORK -- 3 Distributed Work and Group Processes -- DISTRIBUTED WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS -- STRATEGIES FOR ACCOMMODATING DISTRIBUTED WORK -- BASIC GROUP PROCESSES TO BE SUPPORTED FOR EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTED WORK -- Selecting Goals -- Recruiting Group Members -- Managing Distributed Groups -- Obtaining Information -- Text-based Electronic Sources -- Paper Sources -- Individual Sources -- Information Sharing -- 4 Facilitating Distributed Work -- IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO EXPANSION OF DISTRIBUTED WORK -- Complexity-of-Use Barriers -- Cost-of-Technology Barriers.; DESIGNING COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT A RANGE OF CAPABILITIES FOR DISTRIBUTED WORK -- Supporting Typical Work Routines -- Envisioning the Applications Enabled by Unlimited Bandwidth -- Enabling Integration of Low-and High-Bandwidth Applications -- MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION -- User Requirements -- Technology Requirements -- 5 Research Recommendations -- INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH -- Mobile Work -- Multipoint, Multimedia Distributed Work -- APPLICATIONS RESEARCH -- Domain-Specific Research -- Generic Research -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book sets out technological research topics designed to facilitate and expand distributed work--including telecommuting, working while mobile, and working in geographically distributed teams. The book's recommendations for computing and communications infrastructure center on the provision and use of bandwidth--or the speed of communications. Concurrent applications research should be focused on ease of use and interoperability of the multitude of devices and programs that currently are needed to engage in distributed work.