Telecommuting in the Navy Organization

Daryl Ballard
Managerial Applications of Information Technology – IS535
DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management
November 11, 2012

Telecommuting in the Navy Organization

Proposal
Topic
This proposal discusses the use of telecommuting in the navy.
Problem
The business problem to be solved is how to improve operational efficiencies, better prepared for emergency situations, and improve the overall workplace morale in the workplace.
Approach
Determine if telecommuting would be a viable program and how effective it will be in implementing in the navy organization. How is it going to be cost effective and is it going to improve how the navy conducts business on a day to day basis.

High-level Approach
The high-level Approach will determine if telecommuting will be able to show the numbers needed to show management that telecommuting will be a successful program. Management will have to first utilize the program to see if it does what it says it will do. It will have to be more efficient then current workplace practices with processing the workload.

General Benefits
Having a management team that is familiar with telecommuting and who could easily expand the program if needed to meet key organizational goals is critical during any emergency, but especially during a pandemic crisis. So the benefits of doing telecommuting are the mobile capability of being able to work out of other places instead of being at work. The workload will be more efficient with doing telecommuting because you only have a four day work week instead of having a five day work week.

Audience
The audience will be senior management so that they can make the decision whether to use the telecommuting program for the entire navy. They also can make the decision whether to use it in specific departments if they can’t use