Most Fortune 500 companies still struggle with workplace planningand design issues. Millions of dollars are invested each year bycompanies with the expectation that new buildings and majorrenovations will help transform their culture, spark innovation, and herald new work patterns that strengthen performance whilereducing costs. But, as Franklin Becker points out, popular trendsdo not always make good sense. Offices at Work addresses thefundamental design issues that organizational leaders confront suchas:
* How do we create a low-cost flexible environment that motivatesemployees and stimulates learning?
* Is it worth our spending the time, money, and effort toconsolidate our disparate buildings into a new corporatecampus?
* How else can we address status concerns besides giving peopleoffices?
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Table of Content
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xvii
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES OF WORKSPACE DESIGN 1
1 The Office as Invention 3
2 Knowledge Networks 11
3 Co-Location 35
4 The Right Size 45
5 Mobility 58
6 Flexibility 77
PART TWO: GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION 109
7 Getting Started 111
8 Workspace Planning Tools 125
9 Measuring Performance 144
10 Managing Workspace Change 159
11 The Value of Uncommon Sense 175
References 186
The Author 190
Index 191
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.
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