Remote Intelligence: Rise of Telecommuting and its Impact on Organizations

Organizational Behaviour

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Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Body......................................................................................................................................................3
Telecommuting..................................................................................................................................3
Remote intelligence...........................................................................................................................4
Use of Remote intelligence................................................................................................................5
Nature of Remote intelligence...........................................................................................................6
Threat to workforce...........................................................................................................................7
Ethics of Remote Intelligence...........................................................................................................8
Pros and Cons of Remote Intelligence...............................................................................................9
Leadership skills for Remote intelligence..........................................................................................9
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................10
References...........................................................................................................................................11
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Introduction
With the increase in the advancements in technology, telecommuting concept has
revolunarized the way of working in the organizations since 1970. Telecommuting has grown
at such a pace just to achieve an unprecedented level today. This concept has dwelled the
working scenario in the past few years. It is associated with other terms as well that are rising
continuously in the organizations such as telework, work from home, e-work and remote
work. But, there is an undenying fact telecommuting and remote work have slight difference,
which accordingly changes their impact and working scenario of the organization (Westfall,
2004). Although both are practiced extensively in the organizations in today’s world, but they
are different from each other. This paper highlights the rise of telecommuting and explains
the remote intelligence work to have a better understanding of the management functions and
the core skills required to manage the people belonging to different geographical locations in
the business organizations today (Shekarchi, et al., 2015).
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Body
Telecommuting
Telecommuting is the scenario where the employees work from a different location other
than the ordinary work environment, which is supported by the technological setup. It is the
work arrangement that expands the location and time agenda for working. It is based on three
main principles such as delocalization of work, bond with the organization and the utilization
of technology. Telecommuting is growing since 1970 and is still expected to grow in a wide
scope. With an increase in the technology and the spread of broadband services,
telecommuting is the fastest growing mode that helps in increasing the flexibility of work.
According to the data, there has been an 19% increase in the use of telecommuting in the
United States of America and more than 29% increase in the United Kingdom. 75% of the
companies are satisfying with the implementation of the telecommuting system in the
organization (Lash, 2005). Telecommuting is such a concept that provides ample of benefits
to the organizations and the employees. It has been found that telecommuting has
successfully helped the organizations in increasing their level of productivity. Also, the work
of telecommuters is found to be more efficient and accurate in comparison to the employees
working in the offices. Organizations are constantly relying on this concept of doing work
due to its increased amount of benefits that are reaped by the organizations and by the
employees. From reduced costs of performing tasks to reducing the traffic on the highway, it
is considered as the best fit for the organizations these days. According to the magazine
survey, 52% of the employees are found to spend more time on work than the employees
working in the office, this then increases the level of efficiency and productivity in the
organization. Telecommuting is expected to grow the level of jobs by four folds in the
coming years (Shockley, 2014). Due to its potential benefits, it is also expected that
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