{"id":3277,"date":"2023-02-19T16:18:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T16:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/chapter\/apply-it-17-3-managing-information\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:37:38","slug":"apply-it-17-3-managing-information","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/chapter\/apply-it-17-3-managing-information\/","title":{"raw":"Apply It 17.3: Managing Information","rendered":"Apply It 17.3: Managing Information"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand how businesses use the Internet to manage information&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14720,&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand how businesses use the Internet to manage information<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand how businesses use networks to manage information&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14720,&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand how businesses use networks to manage information<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand what a VPN is and what it does&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14720,&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand what a VPN is and what it does<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2>Managing Information for Remote Working[footnote]McKinsey &amp; Company. \u201cAmericans Are Embracing Flexible Work\u2014and They Want More of It,\u201d June 23, 2022. https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/real-estate\/our-insights\/americans-are-embracing-flexible-work-and-they-want-more-of-it[\/footnote]<\/h2>\r\n<p>In a 2022 survey, 58% percent of Americans, the equivalent of 92 million people, indicated that they have the ability to work from home at least one day per week. In addition, 87% said that if they had the opportunity to work flexibly, they would take advantage of it. While the availability of flexible work varies by occupation and role, business and financial operations occupations are near the top with 61% of those who work in that sector reporting that they have remote work flexibility.<\/p>\r\n<p>Since remote work is here to stay, what kind of information management tools are needed to support these flexible work arrangements?<br \/>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"900230\"]Click to Show Sample Answer[\/reveal-answer]<br \/>\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"900230\"]In addition to cloud computing and secure networks, businesses may find that their workers need better access to mobile tools that can be used at home and while traveling between locations. Workers may also need to become more familiar with project management tools to enable team members who never meet in person to be accountable and stay on track.[\/hidden-answer]<\/p>\r\n<section class=\"textbox linkToLearning\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/real-estate\/our-insights\/americans-are-embracing-flexible-work-and-they-want-more-of-it\">McKinsey\u2019s American Opportunity Survey<\/a>.<\/section>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","rendered":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand how businesses use the Internet to manage information&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14720,&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand how businesses use the Internet to manage information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand how businesses use networks to manage information&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14720,&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand how businesses use networks to manage information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand what a VPN is and what it does&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14720,&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand what a VPN is and what it does<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Managing Information for Remote Working<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"McKinsey &amp; Company. \u201cAmericans Are Embracing Flexible Work\u2014and They Want More of It,\u201d June 23, 2022. https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/real-estate\/our-insights\/americans-are-embracing-flexible-work-and-they-want-more-of-it\" id=\"return-footnote-3277-1\" href=\"#footnote-3277-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In a 2022 survey, 58% percent of Americans, the equivalent of 92 million people, indicated that they have the ability to work from home at least one day per week. In addition, 87% said that if they had the opportunity to work flexibly, they would take advantage of it. While the availability of flexible work varies by occupation and role, business and financial operations occupations are near the top with 61% of those who work in that sector reporting that they have remote work flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Since remote work is here to stay, what kind of information management tools are needed to support these flexible work arrangements?<\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><button class=\"show-answer show-answer-button collapsed\" data-target=\"q900230\">Click to Show Sample Answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"q900230\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">In addition to cloud computing and secure networks, businesses may find that their workers need better access to mobile tools that can be used at home and while traveling between locations. Workers may also need to become more familiar with project management tools to enable team members who never meet in person to be accountable and stay on track.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"textbox linkToLearning\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/real-estate\/our-insights\/americans-are-embracing-flexible-work-and-they-want-more-of-it\">McKinsey\u2019s American Opportunity Survey<\/a>.<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-3277-1\">McKinsey &amp; Company. \u201cAmericans Are Embracing Flexible Work\u2014and They Want More of It,\u201d June 23, 2022. https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/real-estate\/our-insights\/americans-are-embracing-flexible-work-and-they-want-more-of-it <a href=\"#return-footnote-3277-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":21,"menu_order":17,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"lumen\",\"description\":\"Apply It 17.3: Managing Information\",\"author\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"part":3260,"module-header":"apply_it","content_attributions":[{"type":"lumen","description":"Apply It 17.3: Managing Information","author":"Lumen Learning","organization":"","url":"","project":"","license":"cc-by","license_terms":""}],"internal_book_links":[],"video_content":null,"cc_video_embed_content":{"cc_scripts":"","media_targets":[]},"try_it_collection":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9228,"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3277\/revisions\/9228"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3260"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3277\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=3277"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=3277"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=3277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}