...Thabelo Ramantswana; Lebogang Bridget Mmamabolo; Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek Purpose Over the past century, office designers have adapted to changing work conditions across various industries by creating workspaces that cater to the needs of modern workers. As a result, a range of office layouts have...

...Kusal Tharinda Nanayakkara; Sara Jane Wilkinson; Sumita Ghosh Purpose Office layout arrangements have a significant influence on many important aspects of organisations, and design firms need to liaise with the client to determine the most appropriate design process. The purpose of this paper...

... of privacy as significant productivity penalties with this office layout. This study aims to investigate if the purported productivity benefits of open plan outweigh the potential productivity penalties. Design/methodology/approach Previous research suggests that office environments are experienced...

... this flexibility is to apply it to corporate property and workplace design (Gibson, 2003). Therefore, the process of developing the optimal office layout for the activities and needs of a company becomes indispensable. It is not easy to find a balance between the number and types of workspaces that need...

... United Kingdom Office management Office layout User satisfaction Workplace Productivity AHP Satisfaction Index This paper aims to respond to these challenges by focusing on the issues of office user satisfaction and productivity and introduces a new approach to assessing user satisfaction...

... ensuring minimum distraction, attention needs to be given to the office layout and provision of common interactive areas and quiet distraction free areas” (Haynes, 2008, p. 300). Steelcase Inc. (2010, p. 6) also recognises other work settings beside open plan office environments in which knowledge...

... in the relationship between office design and productivity. These cases were two municipalities, a housing association and an energy and petrochemical multinational. Table III gives an overview. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Office layout Employees Activity based management Questionnaires...

..., preferences, and satisfaction are and how these have been studied. The methodology of the research is presented in the third part, following are the results and conclusions in parts four and five. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Office layout Employees Demographics Finland...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Real estate Office buildings Office layout Social values Workplace Finland Real estates are designed and constructed for the occupiers; and therefore, the whole sector, i.e. property investors, developers, and service providers, require methods...

... operations and the people who run them? The answer depends on how you define “right”. Exact requirements vary with the business dynamics of each organization, but the foundation of any good program lies in accurate measurement tools and methodologies. Real estate Office layout Space utilization...

.... Nigel Oseland can be contacted at: nigel@aleximarmot.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Office layout Workplace Performance management Personal needs Psychology Psychologists working within the building design industry are often asked why an estates director, building...

... of the deliberate breaking rules, written or unofficial, about how space is to be used and workers using space for purposes other than intended, in order to by‐pass prescribed organizational structures. Workplace Work identity Office layout The Netherlands In the development of new workplace...

... the findings to real organisations. Originality/value Quantified analysis of the cost‐effectiveness of workstation sharing strategies has not been found previously in the literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Flexible working hours Office equipment Office management Office...

... Older workers Workplace Design Human resource management Office layout Personal needs Many industrial nations are currently experiencing a rapid demographic shift in the age balance of their workforces. In the UK, Turner and Williams (2005) report that by 2010 the percentage of people...

... Components of office productivity were used in an office productivity model with categorical data enabling a unique opportunity to undertake an analysis of office occupiers by work process type. Findings The four distinct evaluative components used were comfort, office layout, interaction and distraction...

... utilization, which translates to lower occupancy costs. An effective occupancy‐planning program contains three interdependent components: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Organizational performance Real estate Physical planning Optimization techniques Cost effectiveness Office layout...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Real estate Office buildings Office layout Knowledge organizations Employee productivity Next to human resources, places of work, part of the subset of real estate known as corporate real estate (CRE), are the second highest cost category...

... by acknowledging the complexity of measuring inputs and outputs, especially in today's modern office. Mawson (2002, p. 1) adds to the debate by stating: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Workplace Office management Productivity rate Office layout An early example (1904) of an office...

... Carlo simulation Real estate Office layout Many organisations find space planning particularly difficult because their staff numbers vary sharply with time, often because their work is typically accomplished by means of projects. For example, many professional services organisations...

... characteristics of the office environment and data pertaining to the behavioural environment. Findings One of the key contributions of this study was the development of the components of office productivity, which were: comfort, office layout, informal interaction points, environmental services, designated...