1. Objective 7.03: EXPLAIN the functioning home office.

2. Use the article to answer these questions.
What is the term given to working from home?
Why is it important to carefully design your home office?
What 2 questions need to be answered before designing a home office?
What does the acronym CAMP stand for and how does it relate to home office design?
What should be considered in determining the location of a home office?
What are the 2 basic office layouts?
What is ergonomics and how does it relate to home office design?

3. 1. What is the term given to working from home?
Telecommuting
A telecommuter is someone who works from home and uses a computer to transfer work from the office to the home.

4. 2. Why is it important to carefully design your home office?
For greater comfort and to increase productivity. Ultimately this leads to more profits for your company

5. 3. What 2 questions need to be answered before designing a home office?
How will the space be used?
primary or secondary workspace
permanent or temporary setup
What are my main activities?
working at a computer or doing other tasks
on your own or with others
clients

6. 4. What does the acronym CAMP stand for and how does it relate to home office design?
Space needs to be provided for:
Computers including modem, surge protector, and router for wireless connections
Administrative storage for files, faxes, and phones
Meeting space for visitors, clients, or other employees
Project station

7. 5. What should be considered in determining the location of a home office?
Choose an area that allows you to separate work space from living space.
Having the 2 together can lead to distraction and disorganization -- the two greatest enemies of working at home

8. 6. What are the 2 basic office layouts?

9. L-shaped office

10. U-shaped office

11. 7. What is ergonomics and how does it relate to home office design?
Ergonomics is the science of equipment design
Designing an ergonomic office reduces worker fatigue and discomfort, and can help prevent work related injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

12. Ergonomic office chairs

13. Ergonomic Keyboards

14. Mouse and Mouse Pad