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 Working without frontiers

 Flexible Working

Rethinking the role of the individual in business

Flexible working means rethinking what ‘work’ is – both from the individual’s perspective and in terms of how businesses organise their resources (of all kinds).

It’s about virtual ‘workspaces’ rather than ‘workplaces’.

Technology can support the cultural change required to support new ways of working. These affect:

• The use of premises

• Transport patterns

• Employee rights

• Management practices

• Working and learning practices.

Flexible working offers a range of potential commercial, social and environmental benefits. These include:

• Reduced travel time and transport costs

• Higher productivity

• Office space-saving

• Improved job satisfaction among staff

• Less environmental impact because teleworking can ease traffic congestion and reduce transport-related pollution.

Collaborative Working

Rethinking the way in which businesses work together

Businesses of all sizes are increasingly realizing they need to work together more effectively in order to generate mutual business benefits and new market opportunities.

Issues that need to be considered include:

• How knowledge is created, shared, and exploited

• Using technology to support and evolve new business practices

• Creating new and dynamic supply chains

• Understanding more clearly how work flows through business and social networks.

Work Without Frontiers™

• Why employ people?

• Why have only one employer?

• Trade on your knowledge / experience / contacts

• Work through networks

• Rethink value chains

• Add value through harnessing talent, ideas, experience and knowledge

• Be flexible

• Don’t be restricted by:

• Hierarchical corporate structures

• Static supply chains,

• Outdated concepts of work, teams, ‘the company’

• Create virtual teams around real needs.