Tele-working case study

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TASK 1………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2

TASK 2……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

TASK 3……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8

TASK 4……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11

TASK 5……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15

TASK 6……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19

TASK 7……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21Task 1

Tele-working

Tele working, also known as telecommuting, means using information technology and telecommunications to replace work-related travel.  Simple it means working at home.  

Advantages of tele-working

- Countless Public

- Private-sector studies

- Improves employee lifestyles

- Flexible working hours

- Saves money for food, clothing, dry cleaning, bus, parking, fuel, etc.

- No child care problems

- Reduces traffic accidents

- Reduces Stress

- Fewer interruptions allows greater focus on work

Disadvantages of tele-working

- More stress at home

- Reduce of privacy

- Reduced social contact with colleagues

-  Needs Up-to-date ICT equipments for people working from home

These are the effects on the employee: Advantages and Disadvantages

- Health and Safety rules apply for employee working from home Legislation Act 1974

       - Reduced level of IT support when the something happen to computer

 - Bigger cost due to the telecommunications equipment

 - Reduced social interaction

 - Secure and personal information (HACKERS)

 - Bigger chance of fraud

These are the effects on the company: Advantages and Disadvantages

- Saves office-space and parking

- Increases productivity and job performance

- Can reduce long term disability costs

 - Reduces travel costs if the company pays for employee

- Start up and operating costs

- Management resistance

- IT equipment and support costs

- Security of information and files

- Employee safety issues

- Can disrupt affect "teamwork"

Task 2

Email

Messages, usually text, image, flash, link of a website etc sent from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses.  Email can also attach file.

The benefits and drawbacks of email are;

The benefits and drawbacks of using laptops and portable printers are;

Tools, chips and technology have enabled us to build and develop laptop technology

First when the computers were made they took the size of approx three bedrooms.  But thanks to microchips which helped us to build Laptop, TFT screen, and portable printers.   This is much in smaller size compare to the olden days because of the microchips or integrated circuits (ICs). These chips are small as finger nails.  These chips contain a sliver of silicon with thousands or millions of transistors attached on its surface. Shrinking components in a chip reduces the number of chips within a device. It comprises of a thin LCD display and wireless keyboard with mouse controls. CD-Rom drive, floppy drive, hard drive and speakers are built in due to component miniaturisation. Breakthrough innovations in the areas of storage and screen display have also resulted in slimmer devices. Features like wireless Internet access, colour screens, MP3 music and dozens of useful software applications are making PDAs.  

Communication technology developments have occurred over the last 10 years;

In last 10 years ICT has completely change and it has dramatic effect on all users around the world because it has made easy for the business and many more but there are disadvantages as well.

  • Email – to send message to any one around the world who has an access to web.
  • Teleconferencing Communicate – enables real-time communication over a distance by allowing people to communicate with each other, not just by hearing each others’ voices as with a conventional telephone, but by seeing a video picture of the people. Teleconferencing is used in many ways the three basic types are; Video conferencing, audio conferencing and data conferencing.
  • E-commerce – buys and sells goods online for business etc.
  • Telebanking –banking transactions, pay bills, transfer money etc
  • Web publishing – Create WebPages and publish on web for other internet users.
  • Chat lines – Send direct messages online to anyone around the world to anyone and get reply in seconds.

Advantages and disadvantages that has encountered with the developments I have identified;

Email

Teleconferencing Communicate

E-commerce

Telebanking

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Web publishing

Chat lines

Task 3

Automation

Before ICT there were manual methods of production control and process control which it was very difficult for company.  Now ICT has dramatic affect on methods of production because there is automation production control and process control such as automatically welding and painting new cars where in manual human can’t do exactly what robot would do.  Moving goods around a warehouse this is easy because machines are used to move large heavy stuff where in manual human can’t pick up heavy stuff or need more then ...

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