... from the case study are presented before conclusions and recommendations for further research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 User studies Workplace Working conditions Noise Open-plan offices have been more and more common working environments since 1970s (VanMeel...

... Croon et al., 2005 ; Knight and Haslam, 2010). Workplace performance Self‐evaluation Perceived productivity Stimulus response Likert scales Behaviour Buildings Workplace Working conditions In order to compare the performance of different workplace types, surrogate...

... pollution Working conditions With growing concerns in the past decade over probable health effects and complaints attributed to indoor air quality (IAQ), environmental parameters were suggested and adopted for IAQ assessment of an area by researchers, building owners, facility managers, etc. (Chao...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Security Working conditions Health and safety New remote monitoring system provides additional security for lone workers Keywords: Security, Working conditions, Health and safety Triteq's RMU helps protect staff and enables employers...

... Flexible workspace design Keywords: Design, Office layout, Working conditions MoreySmith, the London based multidisciplinary design practice, has completed a major new innovative interior scheme, incorporating a flexible workspace design which will form a blueprint for new...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Working conditions Indoor pollution Sick building syndrome Plants improve air quality and cut energy consumption, reports international scientific conference Keywords: Working conditions, Indoor pollution, Sick building syndrome Costa...

... --> Working conditions Design Office layout Keywords Working conditions, Design, Office layout MoreySmith, the London based multidisciplinary design practice, has completed a major new innovative interior scheme, incorporating a flexible workspace design which will form a blueprint for new...

.... Increasingly this ever‐widening discipline is embracing HR management. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Homeworking Human resource utilization Virtual reality Working conditions Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen shillings six pence, result ‐ happiness. Annual income twenty...

... the IAQ issues. Complaints generally fell into two categories: Air‐conditioning Buildings Facilities management Sick building syndrome Working conditions © MCB UP Limited 1995 Radon can seep into a structure through cracks in concrete floors and walls, floor drains, sumps and through...

...‐related injuries, improve productivity, and improve the quality of life of the workers. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Employees Ergonomics Facilities management Health and safety Illness Productivity Working conditions Work‐related injury Ergonomics is defined as the design...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1995 Air‐conditioning Buildings Facilities management Health care Office layout Premises management Productivity Working conditions In today′s property market, with its massive overcapacity, the vast majority of new and refurbished office developments are air...

... and safety Management Noise Regulations Working conditions “Nothing we do is so important or so urgent that we cannot spare the time to do it safely.” Phrases such as this are in existence and on display in the reception areas of many multinational companies. These displays,having been signed...

... VDUs Working conditions Let us now appraise LG7 with a critical eye. The responsibilities of the employer/facilities manager in today′s“commercial” world are extensive when considering the wellbeing of staff and the economic working of the office/building. One element of this tangled web...

... to be part of the policy. Environmental audit Facilities management Health and safety Legislation Premises management Standards Working conditions This is not a definitive list, and everyone must consider what other hazards may be relevant to the workplace! Although the Approved Codes...

... Computer simulation Computer workstations Corporate culture Design Ergonomics Office layout PowerGen Space planning Teamwork Working conditions When the electricity‐generating company PowerGen was formed out of the old UK Central Electricity Generating Board in 1991, it inherited a split...

... the assessing and how often. Finally, outlines an assessment action plan. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Assessment Computer screens Computer workstations Contingency planning Ergonomics Regulations Risk management VDUs Working conditions This is the last of three articles on the Health...

... Cost allocation Fire Insurance Legislation Regulations Risk Safety Working conditions The Fire Precautions (Places of Work) Regulations 1992 were supposed to come into effect in January of this year. However, they were withdrawn for revision as the Government deemed them too expensive...

... and safety Regulations Space planning VDUs Working conditions In this, the second of Tom Stewart′s articles on the Health and Safety Display Screen Equipment Regulations, he contrasts the content of the new regulations with those of existing legislation to determine exactly what is “new” about them...

... Strategic planning Technology Working conditions In this, the fourth article on the work of the Learning Building Group research project, I will review the commercial and social dynamics which the LBG consider have generated the need for new ways of producing and operating buildings...

... Organizational change Service operations Systems integration Working conditions © MCB UP Limited 1994 This facility allows occupants to identify problems or request services by telephone or electronic mail. It assists in determining actions to be taken, instigates those actions and proactively...