NETWORKED WORK

Bit Work , Networked Organization, and Teleworking

“Bit” Work• Contrasted to “atom” work• Information economy• “Creative class”

Networked Organization

“Google culture”

• Avoiding bureaucracy

• Autonomy• People

supportive• No formula

• Less hierarchy• Less Bureaucratic• More informal• Ad-hoc team • More geographically

distributed• ICT based

Networked Organizations are….

Dispersed Collaboration

Would it be as effective as offline collaboration?

• Flexibility1

• Dispersed collaboration2

• Integration of work and private life (???)3

Teleworking

“ALWAYS ON”

Legal Concerns in ICTs environment

• Working on computer at home accounts a 1 and half month of overtime work a year.

• Agui v. T-mobile

“ALWAYS ON”“SHOULD THE EMPLOYERS BE PAID OFF FOR THESE EXTRA HOURS OF WORK?”

“WHAT ABOUT ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO CHECK WORK EMAILS OFF THE WORK HOURS?”

Is “Always-on” an Effective Integration? Or, Over-time Working?

• Always-on via ICTs• How to balance work-life?

-BIT WORKERS IN CHANGING CULTURE OF NETWORKED ORGANIZATION-CONNECTION MATTERS (BOUNDARY SPANNER)-BALANCE BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND REAL MEETING-POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF TELEWORKING

To SUM UP