Management (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780134527604
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 21DQ
Summary Introduction
To explain:
The applicability of the notion that work is in fact what one does and not a place where one goes.
Introduction:
In a much traditional setting, managers as well as employees believed that doing a job required one to physically travel to another location and be there for a specific number of hours. However, with the enhancements in technology as well as the shifts in business landscapes, concepts such as virtual workplaces have begun to dominate the business world. With such developments, the traditional ideologies have become obsolete.
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