As communications and computer technology improve, the number of telecommuting employees will soar. This expansion presents unique opportunities and challenges to managers. This book will show managers how to: * Recruit from a wider talent pool * Establish regular and productive communication with telecommuters * Set and enforce schedules and structures * Resolve legal/HR/tax questions * Monitor productivity * Develop career-path goals for telecommuting employees * End the arrangement if it's not working As more and more of the workforce moves out of the office, no manager can afford to be without this guide. Managing the Telecommuting Employee will become the indispensable book for managing out-of-office workers. AUTHOR: Michael Amigoni (Leawood, KS) holds an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois and is the COO of ARO Outsourcing.

Since 1997 he has managed a staff of telecommuting employees by constructing a call center business focused on insurance and telecommunications industries in which virtually all the employees work from home. He has spoken at numerous conferences throughout the country on the use and supervision of telecommuting employees. Sandra Gurvis (Westerville, OH) (www.sgurvis.com) is the author of eleven books and hundreds of magazine articles. She has been published in such magazines as People, YM, Entertainment Weekly, and Woman's World. For more than twenty-five years, she has managed groups of telecommuters, from transcriptionists to interns and assistants.