PPT Slide
The future of telework in the information society
copyright Noel Hodson SW2000 Telework Studies
By 2012 most international organisations will start to establish
virtual headquarters, open for business 24 x7 x365
and accessible from anywhere on (and off) the Earth.
Broadband and even more computer innovation will enable
a teleworker, say in Vermont, to access, say the World Health
Organisation HQ in Geneva, and “appear” in the virtual corridors
and rooms - an d be able to see and speak with other virtual
colleagues, from other locations, who are also “present”.
The visitors will be hosted by the permanent secretaries, specially
trained as experts of the electronic environment.
All the usual head-office facilities will be available.
Before the OECD finally slams the door on silly laws that allow
the super-rich not to pay taxes to the communities that made
them wealthy, alongside Off-Shore companies there
will be “Off-Planet” companies, registered on orbiting
satellites - to baffle the legislators and tax collectors.