An advertising agency must leave its office building. To save overhead costs, it is considering setting up a "virtual office" instead of moving to an adjacent office building. Employees will do their work on computers, as they do now, but will do so at home, sharing their work with colleagues by communicating text and designs to colleagues' computers through telephone lines, receiving typed comments, and then revising the work until it is satisfactory.
Which of the following, if true, indicates a disadvantage of the virtual office plan?
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AThe agency can move its computers and associated equipment into employees' homes without purchasing any new equipment or requiring employees to purchase such equipment.
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BTo reach the current office building and return home, employees spend an average of one and a half hours per day commuting, usually in heavy traffic.
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CThe employees of the advertising agency are accustomed to autonomy in monitoring their own progress and productivity.
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DEmployees would be able to adapt quickly to using computers in a virtual office setting, since employees' current use of computers to produce designs requires a high level of skill.
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EExpressions and gestures in face-to-face exchanges are an important aid to employees in gauging the viability of new ideas they have proposed.
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