Managing Teleworkers and Telecommuting Strategies or Essential People Skills for Project Managers

Managing Teleworkers and Telecommuting Strategies

Author: Gina Vega

Much of the research in the area of telework has been more enthusiastic and optimistic than dependable. This book presents objective descriptions and experiences of telework, instead of focusing on boosterism of proponents' theories or the unexamined skepticism of naysayers.

Table of Contents:

	List of Illustrations
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	The Story of Telework	1
2	All Circuits Are Currently Busy	13
3	The Rewards of Telework: Cui Bono?	29
4	Communication in a Digitized Society	43
5	New Work, New Worker	57
6	The Human Disconnect: The Impact of Isolation on Teleworkers	71
7	Unnatural Acts in the Workplace	85
8	The New Manager	103
9	Telework and Families	117
10	Telework, Organizational Culture, and Institutional Learning	131
11	Telework as Competitive Advantage: A Constellation of Challenges	143
12	Dueling Banjos: Values in the Virtual World	153
13	Telework in the Public Sector	165
14	Telework around the World	177
15	Going Home: A Longitudinal Case Study	189
	App.: Methodology	209
	References	213
	Index	225

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Essential People Skills for Project Managers

Author: Steven Flannes

Treasury of How-to Guidance for Project Success!People problems can really hurt your project, causing delays, eroding quality, increasing costs, and resulting in high levels of stress for everyone on the team. Yet if you're like most project managers, you've never been taught the soft skills necessary for managing tough people issues. Essential People Skills for Project Managers brings the key concepts of people skills into sharp focus, offering specific, practical skills that you can grasp quickly, apply immediately, and use to resolve these often difficult people issues. Derived from the widely popular original book, People Skills for Project Managers, this new version provides condensed content and a practical focus.

• Apply project leadership techniques with confidence
• Resolve conflicts and motivate team members
• Help a team recover after a critical incident
• Determine your team members' personal styles so you can work more effectively with them You'll also learn how to apply people skills for a more successful career and life!
• Discover how to manage stress - personal and professional
• Learn proven methods for managing your own career
• Find out how to thrive in an atmosphere of change