Research Catalog

Title

Offices at work : uncommon workspace strategies that add value and improve performance / Franklin Becker ; foreword by Tom Kelley.

Author

Becker, Franklin D.

Publication

San Francisco : John Wiley & Sons, ©2004.

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Details

Description

xxiii, 197 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"Using real world examples presented in a friendly and accessible style, Becker provides a broad range of insights and practical explanations for why different solutions work and make sense. He offers guidance to managers faced with the task of balancing choice and diversity with standardization and uniformity. Becker also discusses the relative benefits of an open versus closed office plan and shares the best ways to help employees adjust to a new workplace environment."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Jossey-Bass business & management series

Uniform Title

Jossey-Bass business & management series.

Subject

• Office layout
• Performance
• Performance technology
• Task Performance and Analysis
• Office layout
• Performance
• work organization
• office
• ergonomics
• work environment
• cost
• work performance
• performance appraisal
• organisation du travail
• bureau
• ergonomie
• milieu de travail
• coût
• rendement professionnel
• appréciation des performances
• organización del trabajo
• oficina
• ergonomía
• ambiente de trabajo
• costo
• rendimiento profesional
• apreciación de la actuación

Genre/Form

• guide.
• guía.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189) and index.

Contents

Principles of workspace design -- The office as invention -- Knowledge networks -- Co-location -- The right size -- Mobility -- Flexibility -- Guidelines for implementation -- Getting started -- Planning and design tools -- Measuring performance -- Managing workspace change -- The value of uncommon sense.

ISBN

• 0787973300
• 9780787973308

LCCN

2004012069

OCLC

• ocm55511397
• 55511397
• SCSB-1398145

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library