Offices at Work
Uncommon Workspace Strategies That Add Value and Improve Performance
Published on 18. October 2004
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7879-7330-8 (ISBN)
Description
Most Fortune 500 companies still struggle with workplace planning and design issues. Millions of dollars are invested each year by companies with the expectation that new buildings and major renovations will help transform their culture, spark innovation, and herald new work patterns that strengthen performance while reducing costs. But, as Franklin Becker points out, popular trends do not always make good sense. "Offices At Work" addresses the fundamental design issues that organizational leaders confront such as: How do we create a low cost flexible environment that motivates employees and stimulates learning? Is it worth our spending the time, money, and effort to consolidate our disparate buildings into a new corporate campus? How else can we address status concerns besides giving people offices?
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"...a useful reference source on a topic that is rearely explored in this level of detail..." (Human Resources, Feb. 2005)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
587 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-7330-8 (9780787973308)
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E-Book
04/2005
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Persons
Franklin Becker is professor of Facility Planning and Management and Human Environment Relations and chair of the department of design and environmental analysis at Cornell University. He is also the director of the International Workplace Studies Program at Cornell and founder and president of IDEAworks LLC, a management consulting firm that works with Fortune 500 companies to develop and implement innovative workplace strategies. Becker is the coauthor with Fritz Steele of Workplace by Design: Mapping the High Performance Workscape.
Content
Foreword.Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: PRINCIPLES OF WORKSPACE DESIGN.1. The Office as Invention.2. Knowledge Networks.3. Co-Location.4. The Right Size.5. Mobility.6. Flexibility.PART TWO: GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION.7. Getting Started.8. Workspace Planning Tools.9. Measuring Performance.10. Managing Workspace Change.11. The Value of Uncommon Sense.References.The Author.Index.