Changing Corporate Culture

Changing Corporate Culture

Outline

Thesis:   The idea of a virtual office is becoming a reality and is changing the traditional corporate culture forever.

I.   Comment on traditional work
A.   Companies visions for future

II.   Visions for future becoming reality.
A.   Telecommuting.
B.   Prospects for year 2000.
C.   Statistics: Office of technology, Department of transportation.

III.   New ways companies will hire employees.
A.   Example: New York Life.
B.   Hiring on the Internet.

IV.   Telecommuting works.
A.   More productive.
B.   Less expensive in long run.

VI.   Critics.
A.   Need to be together.
B.   Video-conferencing
C.   Alternatives to office.

Technology Changing the Cooperate Culture

Being in business has always meant being in an office. Regardless of how big your business was, you had to have an office.   For most people, doing office work meant doing it in the office. That’s all changing today.   For many people, the office is wherever they want it to be. This change — brought about by advances in computers, telecommunications, information technology and software — affect large and small companies alike.   The idea of a virtual office is becoming a reality and is changing the traditional corporate culture forever.
Traditionally work meant offices inside big buildings and often a long commute in order to get there. The form of future business organizations will be very different from the organizations of today.   Kevin Maney, technology writer for USA Today reported in 1995 that many technology companies are pitching products for the coming era of the virtual office. "Companies such as AT&T, Lotus and Nextel see a time when people will no longer cluster in buildings to work. Instead they will use wireless phones, laptop computers, video phones and electronic software." (Virtual)   I think it's safe to assume -- if you watch any television at all -- that you are well aware of   AT&T’s visions for the future.   Interestingly enough these visions of the...