Offices at Work: Uncommon Workspace Strategies That Add Value and Improve Performance

Most Fortune 500 companies still struggle with workplace planning and design issues. Millions of dollars are invested each year by companies with the expectation that new buildings and major renovations will help transform their culture, spark innovation, and herald new work patterns that strengthen performance while reducing costs. But, as Franklin Becker points out, popular trends do not always make good sense. Offices at Work addresses the fundamental design issues that organizational leaders confront such as:

• How do we create a low-cost flexible environment that motivates employees and stimulates learning?
• Is it worth our spending the time, money, and effort to consolidate our disparate buildings into a new corporate campus?
• How else can we address status concerns besides giving people offices?

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Author: Franklin Becker
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 10/18/2004
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9781118309179

About the Author
Franklin Becker is professor of Facility Planning and Management and Human Environment Relations and chair of the department of design and environmental analysis at Cornell University. He is also the director of the International Workplace Studies Program at Cornell and founder and president of IDEAworks LLC, a management consulting firm that works with Fortune 500 companies to develop and implement innovative workplace strategies. Becker is the coauthor with Fritz Steele of Workplace by Design: Mapping the High Performance Workscape.