Interactive Session: Technology: Virtual Meetings: Smart Management
Interactive Session: Technology: Virtual Meetings: Smart Management
Case Study Questions
1. One consulting firm has predicted that video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not?
I agree with that opinion. because videoconferencing has a lot of advantage rather than business travel. I'll tell you about some advantages.
The most obvious thing is the enormous savings involved when people don't need to travel. An average business trip usually involves at least one night spent in another place, and costs incurred include flights, transport, meals, accommodation, entertainment, and the list goes on.
Second, you will also save the time. So those ten executives have to take two days out of their busy schedule, for example, to attend a half-day meeting at head office. With videoconferencing, they can allocate the half-day, and spend the other day and a half doing productive work in their office.
Third, Videoconferencing also makes it easier for business to access outside experts. In a medical environment, for example, researchers from around the world can get together regularly and compare notes, making it easier to pool their findings and accelerate the process of finding answers. This type of collaboration would never happen if the experts were constantly required to travel to stay updated, because they'd never have time to do their research. Cooperation on this level isn't just beneficial for the medical profession; it can be used in almost any profession you can think of.
According to these reasons, I agree with consulting firm's opinion.
2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence?
Telepresence is a groundbreaking telecommunications offering which is setting new standards for visual collaboration. A virtual meeting experience unlike any other, telepresence creates the illusion that remote participants are in the same room together. This effect is created by a close
Case Study Questions
1. One consulting firm has predicted that video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not?
I agree with that opinion. because videoconferencing has a lot of advantage rather than business travel. I'll tell you about some advantages.
The most obvious thing is the enormous savings involved when people don't need to travel. An average business trip usually involves at least one night spent in another place, and costs incurred include flights, transport, meals, accommodation, entertainment, and the list goes on.
Second, you will also save the time. So those ten executives have to take two days out of their busy schedule, for example, to attend a half-day meeting at head office. With videoconferencing, they can allocate the half-day, and spend the other day and a half doing productive work in their office.
Third, Videoconferencing also makes it easier for business to access outside experts. In a medical environment, for example, researchers from around the world can get together regularly and compare notes, making it easier to pool their findings and accelerate the process of finding answers. This type of collaboration would never happen if the experts were constantly required to travel to stay updated, because they'd never have time to do their research. Cooperation on this level isn't just beneficial for the medical profession; it can be used in almost any profession you can think of.
According to these reasons, I agree with consulting firm's opinion.
2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence?
Telepresence is a groundbreaking telecommunications offering which is setting new standards for visual collaboration. A virtual meeting experience unlike any other, telepresence creates the illusion that remote participants are in the same room together. This effect is created by a close