"Implementing and Managing Telework: a Guide for Those Who Make it Happen" teaches employers how to introduce telecommuting into their firm and how to manage their teleworkers.
April 28, 2004 (Press Release) --
First Complete How-to Guide for Managers of Telecommuters Covers all Aspects of Implementing and Managing Telework
North Augusta, SC – April 28, 2004 – 28 million U.S. employees and entrepreneurs now telework, as well as 11 million Canadians and many millions more globally. This number’s projected increase is 20% annually. Telework’s benefits to community, employers and employees are vast – increased recruitment, retention and work productivity, decreased smog and congestion, reduced real estate costs, better balance of work and life. Employers, however, have little guidance on making the decision to offer telework, to implement a formal telework program into their workplace, to manage their teleworkers, or avoid the myriad obstacles to telecommuting success that can occur with the introduction of this new work/life option.
Bill Fenson, Career and Human Resource consultant and Sharon Hill, owner of the business writing/editing firm De Scribe, have co-authored Implementing and Managing Telework: a Guide for Those Who Make it Happen, published by Greenwood Press. Fenson is past president of the National Employment Counseling Association. Hill’s background includes 20 years in newspaper advertising and publication, primarily on business management and career topics, in various print and online publications.
The book’s topics include the history of telework, its benefits, tax incentives and legal issues, labor union attitudes, how to choose teleworkers, home office equipment needs and costs, safety and security issues, telework centers, and implementation obstacles such as managerial resistance and coworker resentment. Highlighted in the book is federal and state legislation in support of telecommuting and many telework facilities, experts, educators and vendors from England, Ireland, Wales, Denmark, Scotland, Japan, Portugal, the U.S. and Canada.
Bob Fortier, President of Innovisions Canada and the Canadian Telework Association is one of many who praise the quality of the book’s contents: “In my 15-year involvement as a telework specialist, this is one of the most comprehensive books on the subject I have ever had the pleasure to read. The authors have really done their homework and are not afraid to support their assertions with hard facts. I consider this book a ‘must read’ for those who are already, or wish to become, involved with telework.” According to Joanne Pratt of Joanne H. Pratt Associates: “Bill Fenson and Sharon Hill have provided managers with a comprehensive review of telework programs of all kinds. The guide is rich in details of successful strategies other managers have used to implement their programs. It provides a wealth of examples, facts and figures. Thoroughly researched, Implementing and Managing Telework is a valuable reference for responding when your boss asks, “How do you know teleworking will work?”
North Augusta, SC – April 28, 2004 – 28 million U.S. employees and entrepreneurs now telework, as well as 11 million Canadians and many millions more globally. This number’s projected increase is 20% annually. Telework’s benefits to community, employers and employees are vast – increased recruitment, retention and work productivity, decreased smog and congestion, reduced real estate costs, better balance of work and life. Employers, however, have little guidance on making the decision to offer telework, to implement a formal telework program into their workplace, to manage their teleworkers, or avoid the myriad obstacles to telecommuting success that can occur with the introduction of this new work/life option.
Bill Fenson, Career and Human Resource consultant and Sharon Hill, owner of the business writing/editing firm De Scribe, have co-authored Implementing and Managing Telework: a Guide for Those Who Make it Happen, published by Greenwood Press. Fenson is past president of the National Employment Counseling Association. Hill’s background includes 20 years in newspaper advertising and publication, primarily on business management and career topics, in various print and online publications.
The book’s topics include the history of telework, its benefits, tax incentives and legal issues, labor union attitudes, how to choose teleworkers, home office equipment needs and costs, safety and security issues, telework centers, and implementation obstacles such as managerial resistance and coworker resentment. Highlighted in the book is federal and state legislation in support of telecommuting and many telework facilities, experts, educators and vendors from England, Ireland, Wales, Denmark, Scotland, Japan, Portugal, the U.S. and Canada.
Bob Fortier, President of Innovisions Canada and the Canadian Telework Association is one of many who praise the quality of the book’s contents: “In my 15-year involvement as a telework specialist, this is one of the most comprehensive books on the subject I have ever had the pleasure to read. The authors have really done their homework and are not afraid to support their assertions with hard facts. I consider this book a ‘must read’ for those who are already, or wish to become, involved with telework.” According to Joanne Pratt of Joanne H. Pratt Associates: “Bill Fenson and Sharon Hill have provided managers with a comprehensive review of telework programs of all kinds. The guide is rich in details of successful strategies other managers have used to implement their programs. It provides a wealth of examples, facts and figures. Thoroughly researched, Implementing and Managing Telework is a valuable reference for responding when your boss asks, “How do you know teleworking will work?”
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