New Workspace, New Culture : Office Design as a Catalyst for Change - Gavin Turner
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New Workspace, New Culture

Office Design as a Catalyst for Change

By: Gavin Turner, Jeremy Myerson

Hardcover | 11 June 1998

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The physical structure and appearance of the workplace determine how we function, how we communicate and collaborate, our motivation levels and company performance, but we often fail to recognize the vital connection between organizational culture and the work environment. Based on the authors' first-hand experience of major change programmes, on studies of offices around the world, and on design management research at De Montfort University, Leicester, this book explains the underlying principles of office design and its effects on cultural change and performance. Part 1 analyses the context and environment of working life, the drivers of change and the barriers - organizational, psychological and structural - to better working practices. Part 2 explores how traditional structures can be rethought and adapted through the reorganization of the workplace and the removal of physical barriers to change. It identifies four typical and disturbingly familiar work environments - Monolith, Makeshift, Modernizer and Mould-Breaker - to help companies understand their current problems and how to solve them. Part 3 introduces six proven workplace layouts: Town Square, Village Neighbourhood, City in Miniature, Space-time Machine, The Campaign Room and the Club; and explains their relative benefits for companies' different needs. These are brought to life with international case studies from the public and private sector which describe how leading organizations have benefited from improved working environments. New Workspace, New Culture is illustrated by the Financial Times cartoonist, Roger Beale. It also includes line drawings of office layouts, and photographs of some of the most productive working environments in the world. This book will help senior management and human resource specialists develop the way people work by changing the working environment. Also, designers, architects, and facility and property managers will find it a perceptive and logical guide to wha
Industry 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

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