Over the last 10 years the numbers of internet business start-ups creating online jobs through employees who work from home has increased exponentially. Real Estate Managers have responded to this by offering new office ideas, which minimize space use or decrease moving costs. This increased flexibility, which assists the new Internet Business model ( a model in which construction is not necessarily connected to the location of an individual) is idea for homeworkers. However more is needed than just new office dividing concepts. The present developments require a new approach on the way that the company interfaces with its environment.

In current management thinking, importance is given to the amount of independence a member of staff is given. In the internet business model, where a large number of staff have online jobs, some or all of them will Work From Home. This becomes evident in offering different work places, from which an employee may carry out there tasks. The issue is that as far as Online Jobs are concerned that position could be carried anywhere the employee can get access to the internet, pubs, libraries, boats, or what is now the “normal” approach they could just work from home. Though freedom of choice is beneficial, the employee becomes responsible for choosing the optimal place to work.

From the point an employee is made independently accountable for the results of his work, he will demand the best possible work setting and within many businesses that follow the Internet Business model the choice of that member of staff will be to execute their online job whilst working from home.

The key for the company is to be able to meet that aspiration and offer the necessary support, amenities and equipment to allow that employee to Work From Home. A work station should at the very least be good in providing what it is supposed to. In the case of those employees who decide to work from home then the work place also doubles as a home, with the usual needs that brings, such as guest accommodation, storage problems etc. Interestingly more and more businesses are finding that employees with online jobs who opt to Work From Home already have the majority of the facilities and spaces on offer as they easily fit in around existing needs.

The customary domestic dwelling has, in most cases, rooms that are suitable for focused work, screen based or otherwise which are of course obligatory for Online Jobs. They are also fit for relaxation and thinking which is without doubt one of the key needs for knowledge workers whether they work from home or in an office. The home alternative can often beat the office in these terms as, in particularduring the day, home can offer uninterrupted space.