Virtual workplace

Introduction
• We are going to highlight on virtual
workplace a most demanding thing in
the present technological world.
• It enable organizations to do business
with their foreign clients without
going there physically.
• They can use IT enable services like
teleconferencing, tele networking, to
discuss their projects and also able to
make
 new project


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 Review of literature
• Virtual teams: technology and the
workplace of the future by Anthony M.
Townsend, Samuel M. Demarie and
Anthony R. Hendrickson.
• In this literature authors have given
their ideas behind building a virtual
team to work at virtual work place.
• 2.Book on virtual workplace by Magid
Igbaria,
 Margaret tan.
• In this book the writer tells us about
the
importance of virtual work place.
 Challenges of Virtual
Workplaces
•
• 1. Failure to leverage the technology
that supports virtual workplaces
resulting in decrease in productivity
• 2. Lack of human contact could
cause decreased team spirit, trust
and productivity
• 3. Increased sensitivity to
communication, interpersonal and
cultural factors
 Hypothesis

• H1: Organizations which follows

virtual workplace concept are
successful in creating strong
relationship of employees with
the organization.
• H2: virtual workplace helps in
reducing burden of work and
also gives scope for expanding
business.
• H3: Skilled persons are required
at virtual workplace.
 Contd.
TCS uses the concept of virtual
workplace in dealing with their
foreign clients.
The company has found that by

applying virtual workplace concept

their revenue increase.
There relationship with the clients

become more strong.

It brings new scope to the

organization.
 Samples
•
• IBM is using virtual workplace technique
to reduce its expenditure:
• Global technology organization reported
savings of $54 million in the first year
of integrating the virtual workplace
into the organization.
• Grupo siro also implemented a virtual
workplace in order to increase
efficiency of the company .
 References
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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/virtual_workp
 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm

 Townsend

m.anthony1998(Technology and the

workplace of the future)pg.17
Tan Margaret,Igbaria Magid

1996(Virtual workplace) pg46