... of the built environment on human performance has been the subject of much debate since the advent of the open plan workspace design. There have been numerous studies in the building sciences realm, aiming to measure the impact of “open plan” offices on occupant satisfaction and productivity (Brill, 2001...

... The approach takes the form of case studies involving post‐occupancy questionnaire surveys of academic occupants. Findings The combi‐office design was found to be associated with higher levels of occupant satisfaction than the open‐plan office design, with respect to support for collaboration and privacy...

... as measures for knowledge sharing in an organization, because they are very common words (see Table I). Knowledge management Facilities Employees behaviour Open plan offices Cost benefit analysis Organizational performance Decisions about facilities used to be made on a property‐by‐property...

...Suining Ding Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore managers' and employees' opinions regarding privacy in open plan offices and also investigate the relationship between the perception of managers and employees on visual and acoustical privacy in order to provide better design solutions...

.... The concept from complexity theory of “edge of chaos” – a critical density of connectivity (Kauffman’s K) between the agents in a network in which adaptability is maximised – may explain how workplaces enable, or retard innovation. Formal rectilinear open plan offices are conceived as freezing occupants...

...Adrian Leaman Describes how the communicational and economies‐of‐scale advantages of open‐plan offices are lost when working groups have to endure uncomfortable and uncontrollable environments resulting from lack of consideration of their needs at the planning stage and from management...