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- Impacts of Telecommuting on Vehicle Miles Traveled: A Nationwide Time Series Analysis
- This report defines Teleworking report as working at home or a location closer to home than the regular workplace, using information and communication technology ICT to support productivity and communication with the supervisor, co-workers, clients, and so on. There are two main types of teleworkers: salaried employees of an organization,...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- Use Cases and DEMO: Aligning Functional Features of ICT Infrastructure to Business Processes
- The proper alignment of functional features of the ICT-infrastructure to business processes is a major challenge in health care organisations. This alignment takes into account that the organisational structure not only shapes the ICT-infrastructure, but that the inverse also holds. To solve the alignment problem, relevant features of the ICT-infrastructure...
- White papers 2003-02-17
- The Impact Of Innovation Activities On Productivity And Firm Growth: Evidence From Brazil
- Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation activities on firms' Total Factor Productivity TFP and its subsequent effect on firm growth, measured by sales. Controlling for size and age of the firms, productivity levels and productivity growth of firms...
- White papers 2007-01-15
- Computerization, New Workplace Organization, Skilled Labour And Firm Productivity
- The present paper explores empirically the hypothesis that ICT Information and Communication Technologies, new organizational practices and human capital are important determinants of firm efficiency and performance, further that the combined use of these three factors leads to a mutual strengthening of their impact on firm performance. The analytical framework...
- White papers 2004-03-12
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- Human Resources Management Systems Make Their Mark On The Corporate Landscape
- Before the information technology age began, human resources management was a time consuming and paperwork intensive endeavor marked by gross inefficiency. In order for medium and large businesses to maintain sufficient human resources management, each location had to have a respective HR department. Communication across departments and within the entirety...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Information Sharing, Communication and Coordination in E-government Collaborations
- The likelihood of success in a collaboration project depends on how well its managers can leverage technology, organizational, and human resources in coordination with its collaborating partners. The collaborations require employees of all of the partners to work in a highly coordinated fashion and require the partnering organizations to provide...
- White papers 2004-04-30
- Communicating Organizational Change: Information Technology Meets The Carbon-based-Employee Unit
- "Change is a constant reality in today's workplace, causing substantial psychological stress within a workforce concerned about its livelihood and quality of life. Against this backdrop enters the Information Technology IT explosion, bringing its unprecedented capacity for disseminating information. Many managers are embracing e-mail, intranets, and other technological innovations...
- Book chapters 2003-01-01
- Mashable's Weekly Conference and Event Guide
- It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Communicating Organisational Change: Information Technology Meets the Carbon Based Employee Unit
- "Change is a constant reality in today's workplace, causing substantial psychological stress within a workforce concerned about its livelihood and quality of life. This article offers insights into why human resources need more low-tech communication during times of change. The research on risk communication provides non-traditional and sometimes counter-intuitive principles...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Single Standard of Communication
- IT'S A BIG STANDARDIZATION project, but the aircraft company is up to the task. Boeing plans to standardize product lifecycle management software for all of its commercial and defense airplanes. One standard PLM platform across most operations will let Boeing engineering, marketing, human resources, and other departments manage workloads and...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- A single standard of communication.(computing)(Brief article)
- IT'S A BIG STANDARDIZATION project, but the aircraft company is up to the task. Boeing plans to standardize product lifecycle management software for all of its commercial and defense airplanes. One standard PLM platform across most operations will let Boeing engineering,...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Ten Tools for Remote Teams
- Ten Tools for Remote TeamsTeam Collaboration with Collanos WorkplaceGreat article. It would be nice to see a list of the best collaborative tools available. I know some of them are free, such as Collanos Workplace (www.collanos.com).RE: nullThis is all about technology for working remotly but this not suffiecient for remote...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- Communicating Effectively Through a Company Brochure
- Company brochures can serve to reassure customers, suppliers, and other business partners that you are a sound organization. Use a brochure to communicate your organization's strengths. Most brochures include a description of a company's product offerings, management, and key financial data. In addition to this basic information, you can describe...
- Articles 2007-05-01
- The Web as Weapon to Flatten the Organization
- The Web as Weapon to Flatten the OrganizationUnleashing the power of management 2.0When thinking about factors that distinguish top performing companies, the root of their success often can be traced to the human equation. But how many companies are able to tap more than a fraction of their workforce potential?...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Amra Tareen's AllVoices: "Bottom-Up Media"
- Fifteen floors above the financial district in downtown San Francisco, through a pair of unmarked double doors and past a maze of mostly uninhabited cubicles, Amra Tareen is determined to change the world -- from the bottom up. A skeptic might question how much a well-heeled Harvard...
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- Survey: Over half of U.S. workplaces block social networks
- A majority of U.S. workplaces block access to social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, new survey results commissioned by consulting firm Robert Half Technology indicate. Fifty-four percent block social networks "completely," while another 19 percent only permit it "for business purposes."Only 10 percent of companies surveyed permit social-network use on...
- News items 2009-10-06
- New body hopes to boost German R&D
- Germany is banking on the merger of the country's two largest research bodies for information and communication technology to keep pace with the world leaders, Japan and the United States. The long-awaited hookup aims not only to pool human and financial resources but also to combine R&D activities in the...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- Managing a Virtual Team
- In today's globally connected world, you may never physically meet important members of your work or project team. While electronic communication can't replicate the chemistry of teams working together in the same place, by making good use of technology and thoughtful communication practices, you can still interact effectively with team...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- Viral View: Social Technographics: Are you keeping up with your online audience?
- They create a Facebook group and upload a video every now and then. This approach generally leads to mediocre results. Instead, a better way to go about it is starting out with your target audience in mind. Companies should find out what online activities their target audience engages in and...
- News items 2009-11-05
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