Tomorrow's Office: Creating Effective and Humane Interiors

Santa Raymond, R. Cunliffe

Synopsis

Success in business increasingly depends on high quality workers, and on enabling them to work well. This often requires organizational change, which in turn calls for physical change. Hence "designing for success" must be the aim of all involved in the provision, use and adaptation of workplaces: directors and senior executives; management and design consultants; facilities managers - and the workers themselves. This text looks at the ways in which people are working. Telematics are setting the pace; but if people are to be at their most creative, then humanity is also essential. The book enables the managers of change to change their workplaces too; demonstrates achievable reality - today's workplaces embodying tomorrow's concepts; concentrates on the office interior: the substance of the workplace rather than its exterior image; strengthens the executive's ability to use experts effectively; explains the managers vital role in the process. Not everyone need be an expert: but asking the experts the right questions - and challenging their answers - needs an understanding of the possibilities and the process. This book should be of interest to professionals involved in building design, executives, professionals involved in property, management consultants, manufacturers, service providers (cleaners, caterers, security); and also academics, undergraduates and postgraduates involved in the above.