Mobile workplace

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Description

Nowadays a lot of developments are creating possibilities for new forms of collabrative working in organisations. This will result in a new workplace, in which an employee will be more flexible and mobile. Technology already allows us to work mobile and organisations are also moving to a more decentralized and networked environment. However, if organizations change, the people have to change with them and to change a workers' behaviour will be a challenging task. Achieving effectiveness and efficiency in a mobile working environment requires good leadership, information sharing capabilities, communication, and taking responsibility

Enablers

  • Decreasing costs for communication
  • Mobile Technologies
  • Organisational structure
  • Mobility
  • Human need for flexibility and freedom in their jobs

Inhibitors

  • Security problems
  • Less human contact
  • Control and management procedures
  • Corporate culture
  • Legal matters concerning working times, health and stress

Paradigms

Experts

The European Commission is doing a lot of research in the field of new working environments and practices

Timing

Web resources

Towards a European Labour Market
Telematica Institute publications