Question

James is an employee of RVC Corporation. He works from home and regularly communicates with employees at the central office via email and other modes of communication. This type of a work arrangement is an example of __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Telecommuting

Explanation:

James is an employee of RVC Corporation . He works from home and regularly communicates with employees at the central office via email and other modes of communication . This type of a work arrangement is an example of telecommuting.

Telecommuting is also known as telework , working from home, mobile work etc . It refers to an arrangement to do work in which employees work from home and not to come to the central office by using internet.

Telecommunication helps in increasing productivity, it increase additional work time , increase flexibility, improve quality of work , improve the moral of the employee, reduces the requirement of office , also helps in improving trust among employees.

But there are some disadvantages pf telecommuting they are like , because of telecommuting there is lack of social interaction , conflict between work - family , reduces the motivation and discipline among the employees , hard to monitor the work of the employees .