Creating Workplaces Where People Can Think
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-55542-617-0 (ISBN)
Description
From Training to Performance in the 21st Century is a series sponsored by the National Society for Performance and Instruction (NSPI), which provides valuable how-to resources to help trainers, human resource professionals, and human performance technologists improve performance in the workplace. This book is part of the first three-volume set, "Designing the Work Environment for Optimum Performance," which shows how to "fix the workplace, not the worker. " The set provides hands-on tools to help create work environments that support human performance. Draws on research in environmental psychology, cognitive psychology, workplace design, and organizational behavior to offer detailed guidelines and methods for determining how design problems may interfere with performance. Through real-life examples and a comprehensive case study. Explains how to implement, evaluate, and monitor a typical work environment--performance intervention. Provides hands-on, reusable worksheets, checklists, and survey and cost-estimate forms for reducing or eliminating performance-related problems due to inadequate workspace.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 217 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55542-617-0 (9781555426170)
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Persons
PHYL SMITH is an interior designer and founder of Working Spaces, a San Francisco-based firm that focuses on using the design process to support and enhance human performance. LYNN KEARNY is a consultant specializing in solving human performance problems through workplace improvement and training. Kearny was co-winner of the 1989 National Society for Performance and Instruction's Outstanding Instructional Product Award.
Content
Section One: How Workspace Design Affects Performance 1. How Does the Work Environment Help or Hinder Mental Work? Section Two: Techniques for Creating Workspaces That Support Thinking 2. Assessing Work Environments 3. Group Work Areas: Improving Focus, Communication, and Work Flow 4. Individual Workspaces: Adjusting for Personal Workstyles and Needs 5. Implementing Design Solutions Successfully Section Three: Techniques in Action 6. Back from the Verge of Burnout: Case Study of the People Company Section Four: Resources A. Outline for Educating People About Workspace Behaviors and Needs B.Workspace Features Survey Worksheet C.Individual Interview Worksheet D.Group Interview Data Summary Worksheet E.Individual Data Summary Worksheet F.Cost Estimate Worksheet