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Activity-based work settings
The traditional desk and meeting room are not optimised for all the different kinds of work undertaken in the modern office. Having activity based work settings means having a range of alternati [..]
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Broadband
Broadband communications are essential for effective flexible working out of the office. There is no accepted definition for broadband its a general term for data transmission rates over tele [..]
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Career break
A career break or sabbatical is a period of extended time away from work (usually unpaid) to pursue professional or personal development, while being able to return to ones post at the end of the [..]
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dematerialisation
Dematerialisation describes transformation of processes and products that used to be physical into a fully electronic format. Replacing paper processes with online ones is one form of dematerialisa [..]
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e-lancing
e-lancing is a term coined to describe teleworking freelancers, who gain or perform most of their contracts online. The term has a kind of 1990s feel about it, when the online world was a wonder t [..]
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Family friendly
Family-friendliness is about achieving the reconciliation of work and family life, mainly through flexible working practices, though it may also include benefits such as workplace crèches, childcare [..]
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Garden office
A variation on the home office is to have an office in the garden, preferably in an outbuilding specifically designed to be a good working environment. A garden office has all the advantages of a [..]
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home office
A home office is an office at home. It best describes a separate room set up specifically for home-based working. Homeshoring Homeshoring is a term recently coined with reference to offshoring [..]
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ICT
Abbreviation for information and communication technologies. Sometimes referred to as ITC or IT & C. Whichever way, they are essential for flexible/smart working. The term signals the dynami [..]
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Ki working
Ki work is a new term that attracted a great deal of media attention initially. It essentially describes homeshoring and virtual company techniques for creating an agile organisation. Ive included [..]
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