Supporting the office of the future is a wide and growing range of Access control system tools that provide communications, project coordination, data sharing, and application access. The base for this communication is, of course, the Internet, which has been speeding as higher bandwidth technologies are rolled out. These large pipes enhance the opportunities for collaboration.
Always on, anywhere anytime provides the office of the future a number of advantages to both staff and business. To sketch in some of these:
* Any time - flexible working hours, with improved scheduling for business, and more efficient performance from remote workers.
* Any place - flexible work location making it possible to employ people who work at home or in different parts of the country, or even across the globe.
* Any competent task group - flexibility of project staffing, making it possible to make most efficient use of available personnel,
* Wider skill application - particular specialists may contribute to various projects rather than being dedicated to a single operation at one time in one place.
* Amorphous organization - making it possible to create workgroups as needed to handle new projects or new support activities without the upheaval associated with different times and places.
* Scalability and security - incorporating these characteristics in the modular systems and network infrastructure. Modules can be easily grown or combined, and security is integral to both policy and supporting IT infrastructure.
Management Implications
To gain these advantages, the virtual business requires careful planning. Special requirements include:
* A need to keep track of employees' work, which may not be immediately visible as supervisors may not in the same place or even time zone.
* Need to provide and maintain adequate communications, including sufficient bandwidth for extended communications requirements of collaboration, and special communications tools to support collaborative work without the noise of the communications methods swamping the useful work.
* Tools to support the virtual organization, including communications and management applications. Management requirements are often overlooked, but are the making or the breaking of the virtual organization.
* Implementation of the components of the virtual organization without overspends. This requires careful planning and selection of appropriate systems. There is no one size fits all solution, and whatever infrastructure is working today there will be a need to change and adapted to future both operational requirements and meet today's budget.
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