LEADER 04691nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910961796003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610210947 010 $a9781280210945 010 $a128021094X 010 $a9780309587587 010 $a0309587581 010 $a9780585022826 010 $a0585022828 035 $a(CKB)110986584751538 035 $a(OCoLC)42328949 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055161 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000236562 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215588 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236562 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10193533 035 $a(PQKB)10773091 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376167 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376167 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055161 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL21094 035 $a(OCoLC)923261687 035 $a(Perlego)4738635 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584751538 100 $a19940922d1994 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aResearch recommendations $eto facilitate distributed work /$fTechnology and Telecommuting: Issues and Impacts Committee, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission of Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D. C. $cNational Academy Press$d1994 215 $a1 online resource (83 p.) 300 $a"Support for this project was provided by the Department of Energy (Grant No. DE-FG02-93ER25161)"--t.p. verso. 300 $a"B-498"--t.p. verso. 300 $aRobert Kraut, chair--p. iii. 311 08$a9780309051859 311 08$a0309051851 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 66-71). 327 $aRESEARCH 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. 327 $aDESIGNING 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. 606 $aTelecommuting 606 $aTeams in the workplace 615 0$aTelecommuting. 615 0$aTeams in the workplace. 676 $a331.25 701 $aKraut$b Robert E$0785871 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bTechnology and Telecommuting: Issues and Impacts Committee. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961796003321 996 $aResearch recommendations$94368422 997 $aUNINA