What term describes a workforce planning method where employees work away from the employer's workplace?

What term describes a workforce planning method where employees work away from the employer's workplace?

• A. Recruitment
• B. Redundancies
• C. Teleworking
• D. Accountability

Answer: (C)

Teleworking is the term for performing work from a location away from the employer’s office, usually at home, with the help of information and communications technology. In workforce planning, it’s a way to organize when and where work gets done rather than requiring everyone to be onsite. It can expand the available talent pool beyond geographic limits, cut office space and commuting costs, and support flexible working practices. Of course, it also requires robust management of remote performance, IT infrastructure, and data security. The other terms relate to different HR activities—recruitment is about bringing new people in, redundancies involve reducing headcount, and accountability concerns who is responsible for tasks and outcomes—so they don’t describe the location or method of how work is carried out.

Teleworking is the term for performing work from a location away from the employer’s office, usually at home, with the help of information and communications technology. In workforce planning, it’s a way to organize when and where work gets done rather than requiring everyone to be onsite. It can expand the available talent pool beyond geographic limits, cut office space and commuting costs, and support flexible working practices. Of course, it also requires robust management of remote performance, IT infrastructure, and data security. The other terms relate to different HR activities—recruitment is about bringing new people in, redundancies involve reducing headcount, and accountability concerns who is responsible for tasks and outcomes—so they don’t describe the location or method of how work is carried out.