Research recommendations to facilitate distributed work

Technical Report · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:541930

The term ``distributed work`` describes the practice of working without regard to location by using a combination of modern communications and computing technologies. It includes: working while truly mobile--in activities ranging from sales and on-site customer support or equipment repair to composing and submitting a product design while traveling; working as part of a geographically dispersed project team--in activities such as research and report writing done largely without traveling to a common site; and traditional telecommuting--carrying out activities such as responding to customers` telephone calls by utilizing a personal computer linked to a remote database while working at home or at a satellite work center. During a period when the nation`s economy seems to be in transition to a postindustrial model, the nation and its work force would be well served by having efficient and effective tools for engaging in distributed work. The research topics addressed by the committee in Chapter 5 will provide important new technological capabilities to enhance and extend the practice of distributed work to provide greater locational flexibility, expanded employment opportunities, and better use of their transportation resources.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-93ER25161
• OSTI ID: 541930
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/25161-T1; TRN: AHC29723%%149
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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