Alternative Workplace Strategies: Building the Business Case

The Leader Magazine

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Publication Date: Jul - 2012
Document Type: Article
Publisher: CoreNet Global
Volume: 2012
Issue: July/August
Number Of Pages: 8

Authors:

Irina Mladenova

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Description:

Although many companies have explored alternative workplace strategies (AWS), most have failed to develop portfolio-wide programs because of a lack of buy-in from real estate, HR and IT executives -- and in some cases, employees. Failure is also because of the inability to quantify the major benefits of AWS: employee productivity, innovation, retention and recruitment, and network security.
 
This article sums up the fact-based business case for key functions and provides necessary evidence for implementing AWS based on best practices drawn from a diverse range of companies. This article sums up the fact-based business case for key functions and provides necessary evidence for implementing AWS based on best practices drawn from a diverse range of companies.

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Leader, AWS, Flexible, Mobility, Metrics, Work Force, Demographics, Cisco, Implementation, Deployment, Collaborative, Ratio, Disaster, Benefits, Business Case, Cost, Distributed Work, Utilization, Rates, Barriers