Utilizing flexible work arrangements – for the good of the employee or the organization?

When talking about the use of flexible work arrangements, we most often seem to think that they are utilized for the good of the individual employees. That is, flexibility makes balancing the demands of work and personal life easier: It helps working parents to take care of work responsibilities and childcare, it makes time-consuming hobbies … Continue reading →

Fitting human and organizational needs into the same room: a perspective on office personalization

Guest blog post by Riikka Manninen, CityWorkLife project trainee The inconsistencies of everyday life at the office create heated discussions among the workers themselves – but also among academic researchers. Change is a common word heard in the corridors and meeting rooms of office buildings. Change is happening in the intangible world steering businesses and … Continue reading →

Hyperconnected world – anything, anywhere, anytime?

While attending the Americas Conference on Information Systems in Chicago, AMCIS 2013, I get the sense that hyperconnectivity is being on the carpet more than ever before. We are living in a hyperconnected world, where you practically can connect anything, from anywhere at any time. I think we can agree that this is no news. While … Continue reading →

Has technology surpassed the management skill set?

Guest blog post by Dr. E. Glenn Dutcher The demise of recent high profile flexible work programs at Yahoo and Best Buy is attention grabbing because technology companies, the assumed leaders in technology-based management, are killing technology based programs. This raises the question – If high tech companies can’t make these programs work, who can? Should … Continue reading →