Assignment: Writing an Informal Business Report

Scenario: The medium size tech company that employs you provides tech-support for business clients across Canada. In consideration of recent employee experiences and the general trend toward remote work, the company intends to create a policy on remote work or what is often referred to as telecommuting. Telecommuting refers to a situation where work duties are completed from home or other location through the use of various technologies. Prior to the pandemic ninety percent of work was conducted from office space provided by the company.

The company is seeking the input of their professional employees to contribute to the development of a policy on telecommuting. The policy will be a document that outlines all of the requirements for allowing employees to work remotely such as reporting requirements and how performance would be evaluated. The intent would be to create a better understanding of the issues, set the ground rules and expectations for employees and ensure a sustainable business model for the company.

The Assignment: The company supports the collaboration and creativity of it highly talented employees. Accordingly, each employee (student) is required to prepare an analytical report addressing the pros and cons of telecommuting from both the perspective of the employees and the company using an indirect strategy.

Requirements: The research must address the following factors: (a) Impact on performance (employee and company perspective) (b) Impact on collaboration and teamwork (employee and company perspective) (c) Impact on mental well being (employee and company perspective)

The report will be approximately 4 pages in length with the research being referenced with at least one credible source for each factor for a total of three citations. The report will have four headings: 1. Introduction 2. Research Findings 3. Conclusions 4. Recommendations