Virtual Office

Individual Assignment for Week Two
What are the advantages and disadvantages of virtual offices, including telecommuting?
The advantages of virtual offices can be a reduction in real estate, recruiting, training cost, and enhancement of productivity. Bell Atlantic manager noted in an article by Davenport and Pearlson, (1998), “This is not a perk for employees, if you can cut half a billion off the bottom line.” “Some firms cited reductions in office space of 25 percent to 67 percent: a large firm might save between $50 million and $100 million per year according to AT&T”. In addition, the mobility of a virtual office makes it possible for increased interaction between salespeople and the customer. Telecommuting is a variable of a virtual office, however the difference is that telecommunicating is used by those employees that occasionally work at home and is the most common arrangement of this type environment. Because this is not a perfect world, there are some very distin...