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Workplace by Design
Franklin Becker
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Description for Workplace by Design
Paperback. Challenging conventional notions of space based on hierarchy and status, the authors show how team environments, non-territorial offices and other strategies can support business objectives, energize employees and result in a more competitive organization. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 192 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
Create workspace that supports business strategies
Space is an organization's second most valuable asset. Yet littleattention is paid to how it supports the new ways in which today'sorganizations operate---teamwork, flattened hierarchies,telecommuting, collaborating across functions. Workplace by Designshows CEOs and managers alike how to put aside and rethinkconventional, awkward notions of space utilization based onhierarchy and status--notions that pit people against each other inturf wars, tear apart teams, and tie up company cash. Usingillustrative examples from Digital Equipment Corporation,Steelcase, and others, the authors show how team environments,non-territorial offices and other strategies can support businessobjectives, energize employees, and produce ... Read more
Create workspace that supports business strategies
Space is an organization's second most valuable asset. Yet littleattention is paid to how it supports the new ways in which today'sorganizations operate---teamwork, flattened hierarchies,telecommuting, collaborating across functions. Workplace by Designshows CEOs and managers alike how to put aside and rethinkconventional, awkward notions of space utilization based onhierarchy and status--notions that pit people against each other inturf wars, tear apart teams, and tie up company cash. Usingillustrative examples from Digital Equipment Corporation,Steelcase, and others, the authors show how team environments,non-territorial offices and other strategies can support businessobjectives, energize employees, and produce ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787900472
SKU
V9780787900472
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About Franklin Becker
FRANKLIN BECKER is director of the International Workplace Studies Program at Cornell University and president of Becker-Sims Associates, Inc. FRITZ STEELE was formerly on the faculty of Yale and Harvard Universities, and is a principal and founder of the Portsmouth Consulting Group.
Reviews for Workplace by Design
"Workplace by Design provides executive leadership with thenecessary expert advice and technical guidance to deliver andmanage the new workplaces in a way that matches exceptional costsavings with extraordinary organizational effectiveness."
Michael A. Bell, director, Corporate Real Estate, The Dun& Bradstreet Corporation "This book picks up where Handy's The Age of Unreason leavesoff. It poses a case for a ... Read more
Michael A. Bell, director, Corporate Real Estate, The Dun& Bradstreet Corporation "This book picks up where Handy's The Age of Unreason leavesoff. It poses a case for a ... Read more