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.