Telecommuting Books - Page 4

Growing the Virtual Workplace: The Integrative Value Proposition for Telework

Alain Verbeke, Robert Schulz, Nathan Greidanus, Laura Hambley

Amazon Price: $100.00 List Price: $100.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Edward Elgar Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 5 new & used starting at $100.00

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> Labor & Industrial Relations
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Organizational Behavior -> Workplace
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Popular Economics -> General

Editorial Review:

Employees, organizations and society alike should grow the virtual workplace, the authors argue, as the multiple, tangible benefits of telework for each of these three stakeholders largely outweigh the costs. To help stakeholders benefit from the virtual workplace they analyze four key issues: telework adoption, implementation, tracking and impacts. The authors develop the comprehensive EOS framework to examine both the interaction among employees, organizations and society, and the linkages among telework impacts, tracking, implementation and adoption.Unique features of the book include an integrative framework for increasing telework adoption; practical tips - specific to each stakeholder - on how best to implement and measure telework; and an analysis of original survey data exploring the virtual workplace adoption decision. Readership for this book includes academic experts on telecommuting, policymakers involved in transportation, human resource or environmental policies, and managers and employees considering telework.

Making The Telecommuting Decision -- The Virtual Workforce, Working At Home, And Flexibility

Beverly Goldberg

Amazon Price: $2.95 List Price: $2.95 Available for download now By: BrownHerron

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Management
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> General
Subjects -> Computers & Internet -> Business & Culture -> Telecommuting

Editorial Review:

Telecommuting is becoming more popular, but it has not caught on as predicted. This SuccessTools, prepared by Beverly Goldberg, points out the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting for both employers and employees; it also highlights two major obstacles to its adoption. Finally it presents a checklist for employees to determine whether they are good candidates for telecommuting and a checklist for employers interested in offering the telecommuting option. Beverly Goldberg is the author of Overcoming High-Tech Anxiety: Thriving In A Wired World. SuccessTools is a BH SmartDoc which provides a way to think about and start a key element on a management to-do list. BH SmartDocs are published by BrownHerron Publishing and are sold exclusively by Amazon.com.

Roads from the Ashes: An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier

Megan Edwards

Amazon Price: $14.95 List Price: $14.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Trilogy Books Amazon Marketplace: 34 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Computers & Internet -> Business & Culture -> Telecommuting
Subjects -> History -> Americas -> United States -> 20th Century -> General
Subjects -> History -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The BEST things in life aren't things! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Megan Edwards is the true Phoenix risen from the ashes - NOT just her unusual vehicle. I was at the meeting she attended just two days after the fire. She'd lost everything, yet even then she knew that it was a great, and rare, opportunity to do whatever she could dream with no restrictions - no excess baggage.

You will paint vivid color images in your mind from Megan's lyrical writing. The challenge lies to NOT laugh out loud or NOT find yourself wiping tears from your cheek as Megan describes the good times AND the not-so-good times. She philosophically understands that to reach the real truth and the absolute freedom of your dreams, you must synthesize all times - good, bad, happy, sad - all of them part of the enlightenment ahead.

Good book but in need of an editor 3 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. It was great to see how they dealt with what could have been considered a tragedy and turned it into a good thing. I do think she could have benefited from an editor --her thoughts were not always well organized and she tends to stray away from her subject and wander into disconnected thoughts.

The Virtual Workplace

Magid Igbaria

Amazon Price: $64.95 List Price: $64.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: IGI Global Amazon Marketplace: 14 new & used starting at $29.25

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Business Life -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Business Life -> General AAS
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> Labor & Industrial Relations

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A balanced collection of viewpoints 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Human aspects from both employee and managerial viewpoints, economic issues, and settings including academic teleworkers and teams are all included.

Discussion of a cutting-edge concept 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.

The Virtual Workplace was carefully reviewed and compiled by the editors. It discusses a wide range of topics on the virtual workforce. It provides a source of ideas through analytical, empirical, and case-based studies and helps in advancing the understanding of "the virtual workplace in relationship to the new computer and communication information technologies, people and organizations in the world" (preface). The text will undoubtedly provide discussion for professionals and students in business management and sociology.

Editorial Review:

The current merging of computer and communications technologies is facilitating the trend toward the virtual workplace. As the growth in the workplace accelerates, organizations face new challenges to cope with their new organizational structure. The new challenges that organizations face include understanding the new social dynamic environment resulting in its increasing difficulty in attracting and retaining a skilled workforce, and accomodating an increasingly diverse workplace. This work is a compilation of ideas and issues on the leading-edge information technologies related to the virtual workplace and the impact of these technologies on individuals, groups, organizations, societies and nations.

Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace: Managerial and Societal Perspectives on Telework

Viviane Illegems, Alain Verbeke

Amazon Price: $130.00 List Price: $130.00 Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks By: Edward Elgar Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 15 new & used starting at $94.30

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> Labor & Industrial Relations
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> International -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> International -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

In order to realistically assess telework's diffusion potential, the book studies, both conceptually and empirically, the technological, institutional, organizational and individual-level parameters that influence the decision to adopt telework and the likelihood of telework's success.

Telecommuting: Managing Off-Site Staff for Small Business (Self-Counsel Business Series)

Lin Grensing-Pophal

Amazon Price: $16.95 List Price: $16.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Self-Counsel Press Amazon Marketplace: 21 new & used starting at $4.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Industries & Professions -> Human Resources & Personnel Management
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Management
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Small Business & Entrepreneurship -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A practical guide to reliably overseeing telecommuting 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Telecommuting: Managing Off-site Staff For Small Business by business writer and employee management expert Lin Grensiing-Pophal is an industrious, practical guide to reliably overseeing telecommuting workers with a maximum of reward and a minimum of hassle. Chapters cover such diverse topics as myths about telecommuting, how to recruit telecommuters, how to train telecommuters, and much more. Telecommuting is an absolute "must-read" for any modern-day supervisor responsible for managing workers who take advantage of this new, cheap, and efficient way to get to work.

Editorial Review:

- Manage distance workers with confidence - Set up an effective training and evaluation program - Provide flexibility while keeping your business on track

The Joy of Working from Home

Jeff Berner

Amazon Price: $11.01 List Price: $12.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Amazon Marketplace: 39 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Job Hunting & Careers -> Guides
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Job Hunting & Careers -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Job Hunting & Careers -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Do you work at home, or just dream about it? Jeff Berner shows the current or prospective home-office worker how to set up an efficient home office and provides the support for making this major life change. Both pragmatic and inspiring, The Joy of Working at Home tells how to make a living and a life.

Combining detailed, useful information with encouraging advice and anecdotes, the book gives numerous positive examples of individuals who have successfully made the transition. The author-himself a home-worker for many years-provides realistic methods for striking a healthy balance between business and personal life.

Drawing on the experiences of many home-based workers, this book helps solve the problems of self-discipline, financial insecurity, isolation, and interruptions. The Joy of Working from Home also addresses the practical aspects of running a business out of a home office, providing useful strategies for creating a business plan, low-cost marketing techniques, tips for networking in the community, ways to keep expenses down, down-to-earth advice about zoning and tax requirements, information on purchasing office equipment and supplies, and much more.

Networking Institutions of Learning: Volume 3: Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa

Amazon Price: $19.95 List Price: $19.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: IDRC Books Amazon Marketplace: 28 new & used starting at $9.40

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> Development & Growth
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Economics -> Economic Policy & Development
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Popular Economics -> Policy & Current Events

Editorial Review:

Volume 3 documents the processes used, and institutions created, to bring computers and connectivity into schools, as a means of enhancing the use and integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. A range of project, administrative, and cultural settings are explored as are a wide variety of technical solutions. The results, observations, and conclusions presented in this book will be useful for policy- and decision-makers in education and ICTs. Information technology professionals looking to service the potential education market will also find this book valuable.

The Work at Home Balancing Act: The Professional Resource Guide for Managing Yourself, Your Work, and Your Family at Home

Sandy Anderson

List Price: $12.00 By: Quill Amazon Marketplace: 28 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Business Life -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Business Life -> General AAS
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Best Book for Work-at-Home Moms *AND* Dads! 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

This book should be the foundation of everyone's work-at-home resource library. My wife bought it for me so that I could understand the true "ins and outs" of what's involved in working from home with kids under foot. (My wife has been telecommuting from home on a part-time basis for about two years, and I must admit, I've been less than supportive.) Recently, I decided to make the plunge to start a home business and take on a good portion of the child care responsibilities. We searched high and low for resources that could help. "The Work at Home Balancing Act" was the *only* book we found that addresses ALL the issues and challenges of working at home from both a MALE and FEMALE perspective. It's been our lifesaver because we can both relate to it, and it teaches us how to communicate about complicated issues that arise when you work from home. It's written in a reader-friendly style with great quotes and stories from men and women--very realistic and motivational. Lots of nuts and bolts strategies--everything you need to know to set up and run a successful home business or telecommuting arrangement, and then some!

Editorial Review:

Working at home allows you to take control of your life, be your own boss, and make your own hours--and it represents a major lifestyle change that you need to be prepared for if you're going to succeed. This unique book, written by a successful home worker and based on extensive interviews with more than one hundred people who work at home, will help you determine your suitability for working at home, choose a fitting line of work, and create a plan for making a smooth transition. You'll learn how to maximize your work productivity and add quality time to your personal life by: communicating your needs to family, friends, and clients, establishing boundaries, managing family and household responsibilities, dealing with isolation, a lack of motivation, and self-imposed stress, keeping yourself on track, organizing your time and space, achieving a successful business start-up or telecommuting arrangement, managing and growing your home business.

Teleworking.(Checklist 027): An article from: Chartered Management Institute: Checklists: People Management

Gale Reference Team

Amazon Price: $9.95 List Price: $9.95 Available for download now By: Thomson Gale

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Management
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> General
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

This digital document is an article from Chartered Management Institute: Checklists: People Management, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1357 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Teleworking.(Checklist 027)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Chartered Management Institute: Checklists: People Management (Monograph)
Date: June 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: NA

Distributed by Thomson Gale