Remote access without Apple Remote Desktop

I want to remotely access an i-Mac, at work (which is on a network) from home using a Mac Pro (ISP - Comcast). I was able to use my Mac Pro to access a PC on this same network using a Windows remote access program which was downloaded/free. I've now switched to an i-Mac at work.
I would rather not spend $300 to accomplish this. Is there another way using either free or less expensive software to access my workplace i-Mac?
I do have a copy of Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac if I need to run Windows programs on either the Mac Pro or i-Mac.

Dave, Thanks for the information. We'll give it a try. We have a IT guy here at work, as needed. However, he's not familiar with Macs and uses exclusively PCs. He may not be as much help as I would like in solving this problem. If "Push comes to shove," I could probably remotely log onto a PC which isn't in my workspace . . . one of the "community" ones. That would solve the issue with the scheduling software, at least. (Which is, of course, PC based.)
That would leave my personal Word and Excel files on my i-Mac for the screen sharing feature of Mac OS X 10.6.

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