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Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
Term extensively used in Europe, an amplification the original 1980s and 90s concepts of telework or telecommuting: working at a distance using information and communications technology.
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The New Process of Work
Maria do Rosario de Almeida (Open University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch141
Abstract
Toward the end of the twentieth century, more specifically in the 1990s, many organizations initiated changes in the way they used space and time. New methods of working emerged that gave some organizations the possibility of integrating the physical work environment into their business processes, increasing the occupation density of any given space while simultaneously creating more effective working spaces that promoted interactivity and communication (Comisión Europea, 2002).
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Telework in the Context of E-Collaboration
Collaborative, computer-supported activities and communication supported operations in highly distributed organizations of humans and/or robots or autonomous systems
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