TELEWORKING: A FLEXIBLE WORKING OPPORTUNITY: REPORT ON FINDINGS AND SUMMARY

This report describes the planning, implementation, and findings of the RTA Teleworking Pilot Project 1993/94. The report also comments on issues raised during the project, including the management and administration of the project. The report presents: 1) findings related to the key objectives of the project which were to investigate the impact of teleworking on travel behaviour, productivity and worker satisfaction; 2) findings on secondary objectives which focus on the impact of pollution, energy consumption, and traffic congestion, benefits for teleworkers, including changes to their quality of life, benefits for supervisors, effectiveness of managing teleworkers using management by objectives techniques, effect on delivery of customer service, employment and work enhancement opportunities, cost savings in establishing office furniture and equipment; 3) comments and recommendations on issues raised during the planning stage, namely: management support, supervision, industrial legislation, occupational health and safety legislation, existing RTA policies, guidelines and forms, confidentiality and privacy of project participants; and 4) assessment of the management and administration of the project. (a)

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  ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY (RTA)

  PO BOX K198
  SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES  Australia  1238
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 2 VOLS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Data collection; Economic efficiency; Evaluation and assessment; Health; Jobs; Personnel; Telecommunications; Travel time; Trip length; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 8623: Data acquisition; 5911: Efficiency; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2144: Health; 697: Journey time; 621: Journey to work; 2271: Occupation; 102: Personnel; 9117: Telecommunication
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00731223
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-7310-3636-7
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 1997 12:00AM