Impact of ICT on Society - The advantages and disadvantages of teleworking.

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Unit 9: Impact of ICT on Society

Task 1: The advantages and disadvantages of teleworking.

1.1 Employee

Advantages for Employee

Disadvantages for Employee

Working hours would be more flexible depending on job e.g. reporter for newspaper would have to write up a story that happened in the morning straight away.

Employee may feel isolated due to lack of social contact with other employees.

Save on travel costs and inconvenience of travel.

Hard for employee to separate work from home. For example if the employee has children running around the house it would be hard for them to concentrate on there work.

Possibly get more work done because you are in your own environment.

It would be harder to sort out technical problems if you work from home. No ICT support.

1.2 Employer

Advantages for Employer

Disadvantages for Employer

Fewer staff at offices so no need for lots of offices.

It is harder to control and monitor the workforce if they are not in the office with you. Although there are packages that can monitor every key the employer presses that day.

Fewer offices