This is an astonishing 0.5 million U.S. dollars spending on an array of cabins on the upper floor of a multi-national companies in Tampa, where a hundred people sitting in front of the state of the art computer – with LCD monitors and high-speed network connections. The building has five floors, plus similar facilities in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles at a cost of about five thousand dollars per employee job.

Why do many think this cost is a waste? Every employee can at home, work in their underwear if they wanted to. Whatever you call it telework, telecommuting, development, remote personnel or work at home, know this business strategy of reducing overhead costs for companies, their managers how to manage staff remotely.

So, why not companies?

Cheryl Demas, author of “It’s a jungle out there, and a Zoo in Here” (Warner Books, 2003), said that while teleworking popular with workers, it was not a huge success with national big employer. “Even if they were educated about the benefits of telework for their organizations, they are still nervous. The reason is they fear their own poor management. Executives do not know how to manage teleworkers.”

It is the story of a manager, the programmer enters the room and asks, “Like every time I come here to computer games,” A programmers turns around and says: “.. for two reasons: The ground is carpet and wear shoes with rubber soles “

EMPLOYEES IT

LOVE

The work is very popular with home workers. A recent survey Telcoa.Org shows that seek the benefits of jobs in the most preferred among the people work. It was preferred to the health insurance! Employees will find hours of time lost in traffic and avoid frustrations of the shuttle. With fuel costs eating into the food budget, it’s no wonder they love telecommuting. Not only lower employee expenses of the car in gas, oil and tires, they eliminate the toll frazzled, nerve traffic and two hours per day (national average) are lost when traveling. There is an added advantage for women reduced fees for buying and cleaning cloths career.

Working from home offers flexibility. “Although research shows that there are many advantages of this flexibility, including reduced absenteeism and increased productivity, management of remote workers, or” writes teleworker also can challenge for the supervisors’ columnist Katherine Spencer Lee of Robert Half Technology on CIO Update. com.

What is wrong with our leaders?

“skillful management in this country is at its lowest level,” said Trent D. Willett, PhD, a management expert. “Managers believe that if the Americans can not see the workers, the workers do not. Archaic thinking,” he said. “They live in the 21st century, but they manage in the 19th century.”

Dr. Willett believes managers should be an approach that focuses on taking the results. “One reason for the dot.com crash, the failure of managers to high-tech companies, everything was done, he said said.” They were stuck in the process. They had large budgets but no talent for management. You do not have deadlines for projects completed on time set. “Released Philip Cronin, General Manager, Australia and New Zealand at the Intel Corporation in this way” .. . Perhaps the biggest challenge in this context, the work on the results is that I need, instead of defining the process are made. After all, because many processes, out of sight, you can not micro-management things to the same extent. “

It is a natural product of high technology

computer at home. Most have Internet access, large in the rule stripes. And they are probably the same program. Why not on their home computers to work

To your personal work style -. THE HOUSE

How to manage employees if they are not under the wants the same roof, the answer is in the pre-define the desired outcome and a timeline for each project entrusted to the employee.

A manager met programmers and programmers working at home to The Director presented the project and sets the setting and the capacity then the director asked him to .. “When you get done this work? “Time is the key to good management, the missing element that Dr. Willett has spoken. It’s handling

time.

Employees and managers agree a date for the completion of the project. The programmer must commit to a date when the controller to deliver the finished work. The manager knows when the company needs to complete the work, but at this point keeps confidential. If the employee has a past time of the conclusion of the then negotiated the manager with employee representatives. They agree on a completion date. The manager receives a verbal agreement with the timely completion of the company and its employees.

If the programmer says he can get the job done before the company needed so fine, you do so. They shake to work the hands and the employees home.

The manager must resist giving the telecommuter a period of false self. If the deadline is Friday, but the director said on Wednesday, Manager loses credibility. It is best to the employee a “first draft” or “First Look” period ahead, and after corrections were made, a finished project period.

The programmer works in the home, to the task and report the Director. reviewed the manager’s work and approval. Then the director gives the employee a different job, negotiations with employee representatives for the completion and the work continues. The how of all employees to come home. The establishment and shows as the production rocket

that the lack of employees

Each person is different

. Not all employees can work in this way. If the employee from , the manager of the employee interviews and examines why to supply the workers, if not, he promised. Was it a stroke of luck, if so, give the employee a second chance. Otherwise, the manager can “change” or the manager may change the project or time limit can be made. This is not usually the case. Most professionals do not have to be constantly monitored. Therefore, telecommuting possible.

What is the bottom of this page?

with management of time, there is nothing wrong per se. If File Security is a problem, it will be a problem if the employee works in the office. “owners concerned about the flight to be some concern,” says Dr. Willett. ” Employees can steal more efficiently, while working in the office when she at work at home, “he says. With USB connection, it is to steal for an employee to a file on the desktop easy.” If a manager an employee’s loyalty is concerned, it must change, “said Willett.

NO MANAGEMENT IN THE DARK

not have managers in the dark. The manager keeps the contact by E-mail and instant messaging. The nice thing is that each type of communication provides a permanent record of that correspondence.

The manager defines the project. The director of a deadline for the employee is hired to work and the manager is complete for advice if necessary.

the best jobs for teleworking

Not all jobs or professions are ripe for remote staff, but many are available for this ideal. professionals who work independently or intellectually, where you start. If someone physically handle a tangible object, they come to work as usual

suggestions

Accounting -.. The accounts at a computer all day, let them sit at home. you have to do much, they know what to do. Tell them when you need it artists, illustrators and designers -. These creative types better to assign only manager completion date and make up for follow-up questions and corrections halftime after needs customer service -.. The cost of hiring , train and equip a team of support staff, applies to employers who get their employees to save by working from home huge amounts of money are allowed coding and medical transcription -.. consolidation and transcription new employees to work from home These pioneers built was focused on the results. encoder or transcriber, the task on time Engineers -. sit at the computer engineers who are in contact with others via instant messaging and e- mail are good candidates for the job. home technical IT -. Among the many types of IT jobs are few other opportunities for telecommuting than others computer technician on site is a boon for many companies other. However, can work entirely online and help-desk technicians, programmers, analysts, or perhaps work from home Marketing – The types of work creation in general, the advantage of home far away from the noise and.. Distraction seems to be allocated the marketing department to be more creative. A project manager for a brochure can demonstrate to the employer by producing an equivalent job and delivers it to the schedule of the employer. Sales -. to Account Manager work from home “The most effective seller wakes every morning and puts his foot in his territory,” said Robert Pound, a former Bostitch District Sales Manager. Why? He wondered if life sales representatives in its territory, it shall be the office must lead? Why have offices for people, in addition to calls for the customer? Give the representative of a mobile phone, laptop and let them make sales calls. field staff who have to work from houses and cars may go for meetings and training sessions. telecommunication -. jobs such as telemarketing, help desk and customer service is fast in the area of telework New and emerging technologies such as Voice over Internet (VoIP) allow the employer to monitor employees, monitor the length of time they spend on calls and quality control writer -. Reporters, journalists, editors, writers and journalists do not have to come to the company to do their work alone, you always have been, when and where they wanted to have recently.. Newspapers and education companies beginning that writers realized best in a peaceful and sluggish, at home web designer -. Perhaps no other person is more “connected” to the Internet from a web designer this. people really need to have someone monitoring their every click of the mouse?

If they do not deal with hardware, there are many other positions within the company offer the savings to employers by the “phone it”. The key is a manager, such as administration, maintenance periods and employees of these times. knows


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