Workplace by Design: Mapping the High-Performance Workscape
Workplace by Design: Mapping the High-Performance Workscape by Franklin Becker, published by Jossey-Bass on May 2, 1995, is a comprehensive exploration of how workspace design can enhance organizational performance. This first edition, comprising 256 pages, delves into the significance of workspace as a critical asset for organizations, emphasizing the need to align physical environments with contemporary business strategies such as teamwork and collaboration.
Readers will find practical insights on rethinking traditional workspace concepts that often hinder productivity and employee engagement. The book presents various strategies, including team environments and non-territorial offices, supported by illustrative examples from companies like Digital Equipment Corporation and Steelcase. By focusing on organizational behavior and the work environment, this edition offers valuable perspectives for CEOs and managers looking to create spaces that foster collaboration and drive competitive advantage.
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Create workspace that supports business strategies
Space is an organization’s second most valuable asset. Yet littleattention is paid to how it supports the new ways in which today’sorganizations operate—teamwork, flattened hierarchies,telecommuting, collaborating across functions. Workplace by Designshows CEOs and managers alike how to put aside and rethinkconventional, awkward notions of space utilization based onhierarchy and status–notions that pit people against each other inturf wars, tear apart teams, and tie up company cash. Usingillustrative examples from Digital Equipment Corporation,Steelcase, and others, the authors show how team environments,non-territorial offices and other strategies can support businessobjectives, energize employees, and produce a more competitiveorganization.
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