2. Meaning …
Optimal use -Most favorable or desirable
Emerging technology-New technologies that will
substantially alter the business and social
environment.
3. Perceived Benefits…
Improving work efficiency
Making life more convenience
Saving time
Improving learning ability
Keeps the privacy
4. common communication methods…
Text
Video Chat/Conference
Phone
Face-to-Face
IM/chat
Email
Posting information on a website
5. Texting…
Form of written communication
most personal form of business communication
Whereas you might give your email address to
many people, your personal text number is
reserved for a few close associates
Text tend to be more urgent than email
6. MERITS…
Quick
Quiet
Discrete
You can save texts
Your surroundings won't diminish the quality of the
text
7. DEMERITS…
Impersonal
More expensive
Tone of voice might be hard to pick up
Bad for long conversations
Limit on text length
8. Video Conferencing…
It’s a oral communication
Gives you the face-to-face meeting need without
having to be in the same location
It is an effective to convey your message with
physical gestures and facial expressions
You can save travel money
9. Elements of video conferencing…
Computer
Camera(Web cam) usually attached at the top of
monitor
Microphone
Speaker
High speed Internet
10. MERITS…
Reduce travel cost
Face to face rather than telephone meeting
Easier collaborative working
Access to remote expertise
Increased competitive advantage
11. DEMERITS…
If the hardware breaks down for any of the
participants 'attend' the meeting
A very reliable, fast data link is needed , So it is
costlier
Even with a fast connection, there might be a
slight delay between responses.
12. Telephonic…
It’s a type of oral communication
Conversation between two people
Lack the visual feedback
It may be formal or informal
13. MERITS…
No face to face contact
You can call someone anywhere around globe
Internet based calls can be free
No specialist equipment is needed
You can leave a message if the person isn't
available to take your call
14. DEMERITS…
Get immediate feedback
The line may be engaged when you call
Unable to see each other's body language so a lot of
the non verbal communication is lost
There might be noise or interference so the quality of
the call could be poor
it is expensive(specially international calls)
15. Conclusion…
Distance is no longer a barrier
More people have access to the information
Time required to make decision is decreased
The timeliness & quality has increased
Team work in organization has increased
Editor's Notes
Video conferencing is one of the latest technologies that allow users at different location to hold face to face meeting without moving to a single place. Technically we can say that it’s a real time transmission of audio and video between two or more computers different location via internet
For making video conferencing we need computers with web cam microphones speaker and high speed internet