com494 networked work
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NETWORKED WORK
Bit Work , Networked Organization, and Teleworking
“Bit” Work• Contrasted to “atom” work• Information economy• “Creative class”
Networked Organization
“Google culture”
• Avoiding bureaucracy
• Autonomy• People
supportive• No formula
• Less hierarchy• Less Bureaucratic• More informal• Ad-hoc team • More geographically
distributed• ICT based
Networked Organizations are….
Dispersed Collaboration
Would it be as effective as offline collaboration?
• Flexibility1
• Dispersed collaboration2
• Integration of work and private life (???)3
Teleworking
“ALWAYS ON”
Legal Concerns in ICTs environment
• Working on computer at home accounts a 1 and half month of overtime work a year.
• Agui v. T-mobile
“ALWAYS ON”“SHOULD THE EMPLOYERS BE PAID OFF FOR THESE EXTRA HOURS OF WORK?”
“WHAT ABOUT ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO CHECK WORK EMAILS OFF THE WORK HOURS?”
Is “Always-on” an Effective Integration? Or, Over-time Working?
• Always-on via ICTs• How to balance work-life?
-BIT WORKERS IN CHANGING CULTURE OF NETWORKED ORGANIZATION-CONNECTION MATTERS (BOUNDARY SPANNER)-BALANCE BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND REAL MEETING-POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF TELEWORKING
To SUM UP