Overview
The space in which we work can determine how we communicate, our motivation and ultimately company performance. Based on the author's experience of change programmes, studies of offices around the world and on design management research from De Montford Unversity in Leicester, this book explains the underlying principles of office design and how it affects performance. The book identifies four typical work environments - monolith, makeshift, modernizer and mould-breaker. Six proven alternative workplace layouts are introduced and their relative benefits for companies' different needs are explained. Included are international case studies from the public and private sector to show layouts in action.
Full Product Details
Author: Gavin Turner ,
Jeremy Myerson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Gower Publishing Ltd
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9780566080289
ISBN 10: 0566080281
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 11 June 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'The idea central to this book is critically important not just for office design, but for architects and designers working in every field.' Design '... this practical book explains the underlying principles of office design and identifies four typical work environments, together with six workplace layouts and the circumstances in which they have been proved to work.' Business Books Direct Catalogue 'With sharp-witted contributions from financial Times cartoonist Roger Beale, this fusion of design and management thinking is a welcome addition to understanding culture change.' Strategic Communication Management 'Recommended' Change Management Monitor '*** (Best of its kind)' Management Today
'The idea central to this book is critically important not just for office design, but for architects and designers working in every field.' Design '... this practical book explains the underlying principles of office design and identifies four typical work environments, together with six workplace layouts and the circumstances in which they have been proved to work.' Business Books Direct Catalogue 'With sharp-witted contributions from financial Times cartoonist Roger Beale, this fusion of design and management thinking is a welcome addition to understanding culture change.' Strategic Communication Management 'Recommended' Change Management Monitor '*** (Best of its kind)' Management Today
Author Information
Gavin Turner worked for 28 years for HMSO where he was Corporate Marketing Director in the late 1980s. In 1991 he started, and ran successfully for five years, a new office furniture business which placed a particular emphasis on the design of the office environment. He is a law and history graduate of Edinburgh University, a semi-professional musician, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Jeremy Myerson is a writer, editor and researcher specializing in design, architecture and the workplace. He is a visiting professor at De Montfort University, Leicester and was Founder-Editor of DesignWeek. His many books include International Interiors (Volumes 5 and 6), New Public Architecture and Gordon Russell - Designer of Furniture. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
