One thing that fascinates me so much in the world of communication technologies is desktop sharing. I am sitting at home, logged in to a website where I can see a bunch of people already present and attending a meeting. In that meeting host is sharing his or her laptop and everyone can see the demonstration of new product their company is about to launch. Or in another case, a System administrator logged into a client's machine and troubleshooting it from another country. Few years ago it was just like a myth, accessing a system from a distance, but science has made it a reality. Even I can access my personal computer from work when its sitting on my study table in my apartment.
Such great inventions have provided the organizations to work a lot more efficiently and even organizations train their employees using net based educational sessions. Many softwares are present in the market that allow the user to access computer from a distant place and view contents of another users on their own desktop screen.
I consider it a great step in the life of Organizational Development that will open many new horizons for Businessmen to improve and expand their businesses.
Virtual Teamwork
15 years ago
2 comments:
I completely agree with you desktop sharing and web meeting technologies are a great.
I work as a Systems Administrator and I know how much time these technologies save us and let me do my job more effectively.
We constantly have to work with customers and normally we ask them to open a session and share it with us. This helps us save time by working from our office and not traveling to different buildings and also they can work and do not have to have the discomfort of some IT person in their office.
Last Friday evening, we had a software issue with one of our systems thanks to Web ex i was able just create a session and share the application with the vendor so that they can look into that without me constantly working with them. This saved my Friday evening.
Indeed it is amazing how technology has made communication so accessible. There are so many different modes of communication to use among colleagues and clients that enhance the way we face our daily tasks at work.
Many years ago I studied the decline of face-to-face communication with the advent of such innovative technology. Although it is fascinating to see how quickly things turn over with the assistance of web technologies such as desktop sharing and web meetings, it would be interesting to learn how the minimal face to face communication (that is in-person meetings) impacts how we negotiate, or undertake our daily work activities that would have required in-person communication in the old days. There are so many contextual cues to pick up from an in-person meetings (i.e. body language, real time communication, another person's reaction to something said). A thought provoking blog entry.
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