date: 9 july 2013
Introduction:
The purpose of the report is to assess the suitability of the postion as resources planning manager for home-based working.
Findings:
The workign pattern and that of colleagues in resources planning department varies from week to week. Under certain periods a large proportion of time is spent doiing filedwork. This is followed by the office-work collating and recording the data collected. Once the results h******e been recorded, I proofread the color copies of all reports and maps. As regards communication with colleagues, department meetings are held once a fortnight. At all other times, the individual memebers of the team communicate either face-to- face or by telephone, depending on their location. Apart from official meetings, the same results can be achieved either in the office or working elsewhere.
conclusions:
It is clear that the same duties would be undertaken while working from home for a large proportion of time. Clearly, some days would need to be spent in the office for face-to-face communication with colleagues. It would also be necessary to use the technical facilities of the office at times. However, in order to be able to work effective from home a networked computer and printer should be provided.
Recommendations:
It was suggested that the necessary equipment should be allocated for staff to work partially from home for a trival period. After this time, furthur consultation should take place in oder to reassess the situation.