Telework: Enabling Distributed OrganizationsImplications for IT Managers

Telework is a strategic IS-based tool that can help achieve the timeliness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness critical to organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage. As the keepers of one of telework's main enablers, IT managers should understand telework's success factors and such key implementation issues as operational requirements, security, hardware and software, training and support, and organizational players.