My supervisor seems to be happy with my work and our office arrangement. I think virtual office usage will increase in the future as the number of short term projects and the number of free agent employees increase. For virtual offices to be effective now and in the future they must focus in on their most important element, communication. Communication in a virtual office must be precise or the office will get off task. One of the main factors in determining communication success is the richness of the channel used.
Richness is basically the amount of interaction between the communicators.
A face to face meeting is very rich while a letter mailed through the post is very low. In a rich medium questions and answers can be used to come to a shared understanding. Workers have to have a shared understanding of their work to do it effectively. I leave Mr. Tyson notes in his mailbox at the swim center. These notes give short simple messages that often have to be expanded on.