{"product_id":"workplace-by-design-isbn-9780787900472","title":"Workplace by Design","description":"Create workspace that supports business strategies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. Part One: The Workspace as a Tool for Achieving Goals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Space: The Organizations Second Most Expensive Resource.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Understanding Organizational Ecology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Rethinking Status, Identity, and Space.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Designing to Accommodate Change.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Making Space for Teamwork.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Creating a Healthy Environment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Supporting Remote Work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Making Effective Use of Non-Territorial Offices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Developing an Integrated Workplace Strategy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Putting Space to Work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Up-Front Planning: Launching a Vision-Driven Workplace.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. The Role of Leadership: Championing the Workplace Vision.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. Quality and Return on Investment: Spending Money Where It WillMake a Difference.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. Making It Happen: Turning Workplace Vision Into Reality. \"Workplace by Design provides executive leadership with thenecessary expert advice and technical guidance to deliver andmanage the new workplaces in a way that matches exceptional costsavings with extraordinary organizational effectiveness.\"--Michael A. Bell, director, Corporate Real Estate, The Dun\u0026amp; Bradstreet Corporation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book picks up where Handy's The Age of Unreason leavesoff. It poses a case for a leader to contemplate his or her companyas an 'ecosystem' and to reframe issues of the employee environmentas akey strategic function and not a tactical after thought.\"--Laurie Coots, director of Business Development,Chiat\/Day\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ??A very readable and practical book?Offers a number ofinteresting perspectives on organisational consulting?? (TheOccupational Psychologist, December 2002) \u003cb\u003eFRANKLIN BECKER\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the International Workplace Studies Program at Cornell University and president of Becker-Sims Associates, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRITZ STEELE\u003c\/b\u003e was formerly on the faculty of Yale and Harvard Universities, and is a principal and founder of the Portsmouth Consulting Group. When Hurricane Andrew smashed through Burger King's world headquarters in Miami, it destroyed \"Mahogany Row,\" a floor of imposing executive suites. In the aftermath, everyone from managers and telephone operators to the CEO found themselves in sneakers and jeans, working in the unsheltered space of a prefab office. This makeshift building so stimulated the business that Burger King changed its workspace and forever relinquished its territorial office hierarchy.Space is an organization's second most valuable asset. Yet little attention is paid to how it supports the new ways in which today's organizations operate---teamwork, flattened hierarchies, telecommuting, collaborating across functions. Workplace by Design shows CEOs and managers alike how to put aside and rethink conventional, awkward notions of space utilization based on hierarchy and status--notions that pit people against each other in turf wars, tear apart teams, and tie up company cash. Using illustrative examples from Digital Equipment Corporation, Steelcase, and others, the authors show how team environments, non-territorial offices and other strategies can support business objectives, energize employees, and produce a more competitive organization.  When Hurricane Andrew smashed through Burger King's world headquarters in Miami, it destroyed \"Mahogany Row,\" a floor of imposing executive suites. In the aftermath, everyone from managers and telephone operators to the CEO found themselves in sneakers and jeans, working in the unsheltered space of a prefab office. This makeshift building so stimulated the business that Burger King changed its workspace and forever relinquished its territorial office hierarchy.\u003cbr\u003e Space is an organization's second most valuable asset. Yet little attention is paid to how it supports the new ways in which today's organizations operate---teamwork, flattened hierarchies, telecommuting, collaborating across functions. Workplace by Design shows CEOs and managers alike how to put aside and rethink conventional, awkward notions of space utilization based on hierarchy and status--notions that pit people against each other in turf wars, tear apart teams, and tie up company cash. Using illustrative examples from Digital Equipment Corporation, Steelcase, and others, the authors show how team environments, non-territorial offices and other strategies can support business objectives, energize employees, and produce a more competitive organization.","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990507307237,"sku":"NP9780787900472","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787900472.jpg?v=1761788105","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/workplace-by-design-isbn-9780787900472","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}