Effect of working from home


Effect of working from home



There was a time when working from home was a pipe dream, Segment of Working from home has come to the stage recently because of the difficulties caused by the Covid 19 pandemic situation. Working from home defines, that employees involving their duties from there residence or any other place convenient to them other than physically going to the offices. Work will be done remotely. A person involves in working from home can do his office work as well as home required assignments simultaneously. Allowing employees to work from home in order to encourage a better work/life balance can lead to improvements in health and well-being. The system of working from home has some salient characteristics. (International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research Volume 2)

There are some kind of jobs could be done remotely. Such like,

·         Customer Service Jobs. ...

·          Entry-Level Computer Jobs. ...

·         Computer Programming Jobs. ...

·         Sales. ...

·         Teacher & Tutor Jobs. ...

·         Data Entry, Coding, and Transcription Jobs. ...

·         Translation Jobs. ...

·         Medical Billing & Coding Jobs.

(www.thebalancecareers.com)

If employees engaged to their work in the office premises, managers, and supervisors can see what they are doing, what is the productivity, the time they appear to the work place, the time they leave the office and they can make an asses the time period of certain duties. But when people work from home, the bosses can’t see the time duration the employees are engaging to the work.

Effects of working from home are,

Sl. No.

Issue

 

Factors affecting

Constituent elements

1.

Organisational Issues

1.  Virtual organisational structure

2.  Type of  Business strategy

3.  Leadership style

1.  Role conflict

2.  Not suited for manufacturing sector

3.  Growth strategy

4.  Democratic 

2.

Operational Issues

1.     Scale of production

2.     Labour force

3.     Suppliers

4.     Finance

1.  Machinery 

2.  Skilled

3.  Just in time

4.  Healthy cash flow

3.

Technological Issues

1.   Full automation

2.   Implementation expenses

3.   Security breaches

4.   Intensive training

1.  Costly 

2.  Cost of hardware & software

3.  Access to confidential data

4.  Skilled labour force

 

4.

Employers and employees Issues

1.  Makes employers lazy

2.  Communication  

3.  Difficult to maintain skilled staff

1.  Difficult to manage home

& office

2.  Causes distraction

3.  Training

4.  Motivating benefits

 


 References,

International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research Volume 2, Issue 2 (I) : April - June, 2015Reshma , P. S. Aithal, Shailashree V. T. and P. Sri. "nternational Journal of Advance and Innovative Research Volume 2, Issue 2 (I) : April - June, 2015 ISSN 2394 - 7780 AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON WORKING FROM HOME: A POPULAR." AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON WORKING FROM HOME april-june 2015.

www.thebalancecareers.com. n.d. 21 03 2021.

 

 

Comments

  1. Ruwan HerathMarch 22, 2021 at 10:16 PM

    Effect of working from home has been described briefly by the author & reader will be able to get an idea clear idea of the working from home effect that has to faced for the organizations. It's better if author could discussed the method of overcoming the situation & it'll more benefit to the reader. However, it's worth to read.

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  2. Janashi LamahewaApril 8, 2021 at 11:05 AM

    Author has explained the work from home concept and its effects. Since the lockdown has made people stay at home, most of the businesses have been trying To go for Work-from-Home concept Work from home increased sharply and persistently after the Covid 19 outbreak.
    Modern topic and worth to read

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  3. Sevani EreporuwaApril 23, 2021 at 7:04 PM

    With the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, home working has given some employers the flexibility they need to continue their business operations while prioritizing staff and customer health and wellbeing as part of their public health responsibility. Author has well described the effects of working from home.

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  4. MADHU MBAMay 1, 2021 at 2:54 AM

    New concept which is beginning under the covid 19 situation. There are many advantages and disadvantages of this. some job roles can never play at the home. ex: Bankers, doctors, Security officers, media runners and etc. can gather good knowledge about the concept and all round good article to read.

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  5. Asela FernandoMay 14, 2021 at 4:26 AM

    HR holds the effectiveness of this practice

    ReplyDelete

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