OFFICE VIRTUALIZATION: A NECESSITY FOR ENHANCING ORGANISATION HEALTH

This paper theoretically examined how organizational health can be enhanced through office virtualization. The objective of the paper was to examine how dimensions of office virtualization such as virtual storage, virtual meeting, and virtual payment enhance organizational health. To achieve the objectives, the study employed survey of literatures. The health of an organization can be seen in terms of how effective the communication process is (organizational health), how adequate and progressive the financial base is (financial health), and how satisfying their service delivery (customer service health) is. In the 21st century where the organizations are going virtual, the practice of virtual computing, virtual meeting, and virtual payment system are indispensable necessities. This desk research revealed that virtual storage enhances organizational health by increasing access to files and data for decision making; virtual meeting optimizes organizational health by reducing physical constraints to meetings and decision making; and virtual payment enhances organizational health by simplifying financial transactions. The paper concluded that office virtualization is an indispensable necessity for sustainable organizational health in the 21st century. Consequently, organizations should invest serious in the building state of the art virtual technologies to stay healthy.