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DEVELOPMENT OF REMOTE WORKING METHODS
Steady growth in remote working and the flexibility that it affords are central to the expectations of executives in the coming years, influencing both
where and how business will get done.
How do executives view the impact of collaboration tools on everyday work efficiency ?
32%use collaboration tools EVERY DAY to share documents on the internet in real time.
say that document collaboration tools have a positive effect on their professional efficiency :
HOW DO EXECUTIVES USE COMMUNICATION TOOLS ?
telephone conferencing
85%
enterprise social networking
62%video
conferencing
83%
consider it most useful to have ALL office tools available when away from the office
instant messaging or chat
73%
90%
50%
1/4
NEARLY
consider it most useful to work collaboratively and remotely on the same document via the internet
64%say that they are working increasingly more cross-functionally to complete projects regardless of hierarchy.
WHERE AND HOW DO EXECUTIVES WORK?
WHEN EXCHANGING INFORMATION ON A PROJECT, WHICH
SOLUTIONS DO EXECUTIVES SAY ARE EFFECTIVE?
face-to-face
97%telephone &
document sharing
88%video conferencing
75%
WHERE DO EXECUTIVES DO THEIR WORK?
The office
95%At home
59%At another
company’s site
39%A public
place
27%A dedicated
teleworking site
21%
say that the main advantage of remote collaboration is avoiding wasting time on travel72%
37% say that it is achieving a better balance between work and home life
64%
BUSINESS OF TOMORROW
When asked about work over the next 10 years, executives would most like to see the following developments:
The flexibility to organise the working day through flexible working hours and teleworking
65%
Online collaboration tools like mobiles, videos, document sharing, enterprise social networking
37%
Working in project mode with less
hierarchical structure
24%
Workplace mobility
22%
500 people, constituting a national representative sample of executives in the private sector.
Field research conducted between 22 and 28 July 2014.
This report has been produced in accordance with international standard ISO 20252 "Market, opinion and social research".
This study includes results which are subject to margins of error that are inherent to statistical laws
A survey of private sector executives