Making the Team: A Guide for Managers

Enhancing Local Teamwork: Redesigning the Workplace

Telecommuting, or working from home, was the popular mantra of the late twentieth century. However, this is rapidly being replaced by a new work concept: Work anywhere, anytime—in your car, your home, your office, even your client's office. It means a radical disaggregation of work, going beyond the walls and confines of the traditional office (O'Hamilton, Baker, & Vlasic, 1996). For example, Jarlath MacNamara, founder of the Dublin, Ireland–based Cabs-on-Line, fitted a Ford Galaxy taxi with a laptop with e-mail and a browser, a cell phone, and a wireless modem and fax (Lyons, 1998). The traditional corporation exemplified by private offices, elevators, and cubicled workspaces is giving way ...