Adapting to the new reality of work
Anpassung an die neue Arbeitsrealität. Eine Studie über die wichtigsten Überlegungen zur Einführung einer Fernarbeitsstrategie in der Vorarlberger Industrie
- A rapid change to remote work during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic allowed many organizations to roll out new collaboration platforms to rapidly digitalize their workflows and processes in order to continue operation. This sudden shift to remote work revealed to employees the potential benefits of working remotely in the form of additional flexibility and also showed the challenges and barriers organizations could face by introducing such a strategy. This thesis aims to uncover the key considerations that the organizations of the industrial sector in Vorarlberg need to consider establishing a remote work strategy. According to the results from the research, the Covid-19 pandemic was as a paradigm change for the interviewed decision makers about how they thought about remote work and how they transformed their respective organizations too continue to operate. After the initial phase of Covid-19 restrictions organizations started to experiment with a remote work strategy of their own, based on their past experiences. For now, most of the interviewed organizations use already different remote work concepts and evaluate which one suits best their needs. The main considerations as to why an organization introduced a remote work strategy are to be an attractive employer and to stay ahead in the search for new talent. Further by introducing a remote work strategy, organizations need to change their rules of collaboration, adapt their core values to fit a remote workplace and to introduce collaboration platforms which are designed to support a remote workforce.
Author: | Manuel Jankowitsch |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25924/opus-5094 |
Subtitle (English): | Study about the key considerations for adopting a remote work strategy in Vorarlberg's industrial sector |
Advisor: | Hannes Tschütscher |
Document Type: | Master's Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2023 |
Publishing Institution: | FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg) |
Granting Institution: | FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg) |
Release Date: | 2023/09/11 |
Tag: | Hybrid Work; Leadership; New Work; Recruiting; Remote Work |
Number of pages: | 251 |
DDC classes: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften / 330 Wirtschaft |
JEL-Classification: | M Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting |
Open Access?: | ja |
Course of Studies: | International Management & Leadership |
Licence (German): | UrhG - The Austrian Copyright Act applies - Es gilt das österr. Urheberrechtsgesetz |