...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...

... organizational principals and the realization of high-quality forms of labour to increase the competitiveness and productivity of the company (Volberda et al., 2011). Whereas NWoW is a rather recent term to describe a flexible approach to office layout and use, the idea is certainly not new. Van Meel...

... United Kingdom Office management Office layout User satisfaction Workplace Productivity AHP Satisfaction Index Knowledge‐intense organisations are dependent on the performance of high level staff who are the sources of creativity and innovation. Office premises are a key resource...

... workplace preferences based on generational differences. Corporate real estate Office layout Space utilization Employees behaviour Knowledge organizations Multi‐generational knowledge workforce Knowledge work Knowledge transfer Workspace design Andrew Joy can be contacted at: Andrew.joy...

.... Originality/value The paper provides several stakeholders, such as user organisations, designers, consultants, and investors, valuable information on what kind of work environments office users prefer. Office layout Employees Demographics Finland © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011...

... activities can both be planned or begin spontaneously. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Office layout Employees Activity based management Questionnaires Productivity rate The Netherlands Office accommodation is a costly resource, often the second largest behind labor cost...

... perspectives: the physical, social, virtual, and financial elements of the office environment, shown in Figure 1 . The physical element of the workplace refers to the built, tangible environment made for different purposes and usage, such as office location, office layout, the physical office environment...

... environment by one person (including themselves) may perceived quite differently by another and vary according to what they intend to use the space for. Nigel Oseland can be contacted at: nigel@aleximarmot.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Office layout Workplace Performance...

... with a vacancy rate of 34 percent. With the continued acceptance of workplace strategies, this metric is important to monitor because occupancy rate improvements create more vacancy. Real estate Office layout Space utilization Workplace Measurement Identifying and eliminating vacancy can save...

... Workplace Work identity Office layout The Netherlands In the development of new workplace concepts as non‐territorial offices, a lot of different issues are to be researched and decided. Most of the time, cost reduction or work processes are leading for the conceptual development. Labor...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Flexible working hours Office equipment Office management Office layout Space utilization With pervasive computing and flexible working practices, the traditional conventions governing people's working habits are becoming more flexible, especially...

... of the work environment may improve levels of work satisfaction and performance and thus resorted to a process of experimentation, often “bribing” key knowledge workers with expensive settings. Older workers Workplace Design Human resource management Office layout Personal needs Many...

... 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...

... goals can help enhance a CRE professional's credibility, which may lead to more invitations to participate in strategic discussions with the CEO. Organizational performance Real estate Physical planning Optimization techniques Cost effectiveness Office layout Corporate real estate (CRE...

.... M. Gordon Brown can be contacted at: m.g.brown@tue.nl; mgbrown@spaceanalytics.com © 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...

..., or to the job of the CRE manager. Martin Farncombe can be contacted at: mfarncombe@theopraxis.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Simulation Monte Carlo simulation Real estate Office layout Many organisations find space planning particularly difficult because their staff...

... Office management Productivity rate Office layout This paper aims to address the theoretical discussion relating to the measurement of office productivity. It aims to set the historical context of office productivity measurement, and demonstrate the difficulty in defining office productivity...

... 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...