The Office Of Tomorrow

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Term Paper Title	The Office Of Tomorrow
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	14.28

The Office of Tomorrow

The Office of Tomorrow

     In an increasing number of companies, traditional office space is giving
way to community areas and empty chairs as employees work from home, from their
cars or from virtually anywhere. Advanced technologies and progressive HR
strategies make these alternative offices  possible.
     Imagine it's 2 o'clock on a Wednesday afternoon.  Inside the dining room
of many nationwide offices, Joe Smith, manager of HR, is downing a sandwich and
soda while wading through phone and E-mail messages. In front of him is a
computer—equipped with a fax-modem—is plugged into a special port on the dining
table. The contents of his briefcase are spread on the table. As he sifts
through a stack of paperwork and types responses into the computer, he
periodically picks up a cordless phone and places a call to a colleague or
associate. As he talks, he sometimes wanders across the room.
     To be sure, this isn't your ordinary corporate environment. Smith
doesn't have a permanent desk or workspace, nor his own telephone. When he
enters the ad agency's building, he checks out a portable Macintosh computer and
a cordless phone and heads off to whatever nook or cranny he chooses. It might
be the company library, or a common area under a bright window. It could even be
the dining room or Student Union, which houses punching bags, televisions and a
pool table. Wherever he goes, a network forwards mail and phone pages to him and
a computer routes calls, faxes and E-mail messages to his assigned extension. He
simply logs onto the firm's computer system and accesses his security-protected
files.
     He is not tethered to a specific work area nor forced to function in any
predefined way. Joe Smith spends mornings, and even sometimes an entire day,
connected from home via sophisticated voicemail and E-mail systems, as well as a
pager. His work is process and task-oriented. As long as he gets everything done,
that's what counts. Ultimately, his productivity is greater and his job-
satisfaction level is higher. And for somebody trying to get in touch with him,
it's easy. Nobody can tell that Joe might be in his car or sitting at home
reading a stack of resumes in his pajamas. The call gets forwarded to him
wherever he's working.
     You've just entered the vast frontier of the virtual office—a universe
in which leading-edge technology and new concepts redefine work and job
functions by enabling employees to work from virtually anywhere. The concept
allows a...

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