Synopses & Reviews
Fast track route to getting the most out of being a remote worker
Covers all the key aspects of flexible and virtual working, from teleworking and telecommuting to groupware and virtual call centres
Lessons and tips from some of the world's great remote work successes, such as AT&T and Lasair, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Alvin Toffler and Gil Gordon
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide
ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.
ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:
01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work
ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.
Synopsis
ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the technqiues to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.
ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:
01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work
ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.
Synopsis
Fast track route to getting the most out of being a remote worker.
Covers all the key aspects of flexible and virtual working, from teleworking and telecommuting to groupware and virtual call centres.
Lessons and tips from some of the world's great remote work successes, such as AT and Lasair, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Alvin Toffler and Gil Gordon.
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.
About the Author
STEVE SHIPSIDE has been writing and broadcasting about technology and business since 1990. He has written for Wired, Management Today, Personnel Today, Business 2.0 and The Guardian, working in locations as varied and challenging as Cairo, Lebanon and Ouagadougou.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Express Exec
Introduction to Flexible and Virtual Working
What is Flexible and Virtual Working?
The Evolution of Flexible and Virtual Working
The E-Dimension
The Global Dimension
The State of the Art
In Practice: Flexible and Virtual Working
Key Concepts and Thinkers
Resources
Ten Steps to Making Flexible and Virtual Working Work
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Acknowledgements
Index