Facility management: a cutting‐edge field?

Points out that though the planning, design and management of buildings has always happened, the deliberate, conscious, planned practise as part of organisational design and development is relatively new, and growing. Defines a model of the changing facilities organisation as loose, tight and elastic fit. Explains the changing role of facilities management (FM) and of the facilities manager. Anticipates the future of FM as essential to the strategic planning of a corporation.