Increasing Productivity and Profit in the Workplace: A Guide to Office Planning and Design - Hardcover

Shumake, M. Glynn

 
9780471558934: Increasing Productivity and Profit in the Workplace: A Guide to Office Planning and Design
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471558931 ISBN 13: 9780471558934
Verlag: Wiley, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

Offers invaluable and accessible guidance for designing workspaces in order to increase productivity and efficiency and reduce operating costs. After reviewing an existing situation, the author presents a variety of approaches that include instruction and direction to enact changes. Identifies specific deterrents in the workplace, providing new techniques and other methods to solve them. Details the Shumake Beta Module, created by the author, which supports maximum productivity by an individual worker at any company's level. All the material in the text has been successfully tested.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

About the author M. GLYNN SHUMAKE is the Director of InteriorDesign Services for Powers Associates, Inc. He also served as VicePresident and General Manager of Contract Interiors and VicePresident of the Interior Group of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum.A licensed and registered architect, Mr. Shumake's long practicehas been devoted to interior design and interior architecture. Mr.Shumake is a member of the American Institute of Architects and theInterior Committee of the St. Louis Chapter of the AIA.

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Every day, thousands of business owners and managers seek solutions to white collar productivity improvement problems. Unfortunately, devising a new approach to this age-old problem is a difficult and often overwhelming task. Packed with practical, proven solutions, this important work explains how to dramatically reduce operational costs by improving productivity. Regardless of the size of your organization or whether you?re planning on redesigning the entire workplace or just a portion of it, this book gives you the nuts-and-bolts information you?ll need to increase productivity through a more efficiently designed work environment. Increasing Productivity and Profit in the Workplace contains a wealth of tested techniques and methods that were culled from the author?s years of experience as an architect specializing in interior architecture. First, the book examines the various deterrents that commonly impede the flow of work in the workplace and describes how you can reduce or remove them entirely. The author presents his new workstation system concept which is specially designed to support maximum productivity by an individual worker at any level. You?ll find in-depth treatment of such vital issues as sight and sound barriers, leak prevention, lighting, and conditioned air. There is also valuable coverage of furniture and equipment, aesthetics versus function, design criteria that considers the human element, cost breakdowns, and purchasing products and materials. Illustrations, charts, and tables help bring different design concepts to life. Everything business owners and managers need to know about planning and designing the most productive workplace can be found in this helpful, invaluable guide.

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Every day, thousands of business owners and managers seek solutions to white collar productivity improvement problems. Unfortunately, devising a new approach to this age-old problem is a difficult and often overwhelming task. Packed with practical, proven solutions, this important work explains how to dramatically reduce operational costs by improving productivity. Regardless of the size of your organization or whether you re planning on redesigning the entire workplace or just a portion of it, this book gives you the nuts-and-bolts information you ll need to increase productivity through a more efficiently designed work environment. Increasing Productivity and Profit in the Workplace contains a wealth of tested techniques and methods that were culled from the author s years of experience as an architect specializing in interior architecture. First, the book examines the various deterrents that commonly impede the flow of work in the workplace and describes how you can reduce or remove them entirely. The author presents his new workstation system concept which is specially designed to support maximum productivity by an individual worker at any level. You ll find in-depth treatment of such vital issues as sight and sound barriers, leak prevention, lighting, and conditioned air. There is also valuable coverage of furniture and equipment, aesthetics versus function, design criteria that considers the human element, cost breakdowns, and purchasing products and materials. Illustrations, charts, and tables help bring different design concepts to life. Everything business owners and managers need to know about planning and designing the most productive workplace can be found in this helpful, invaluable guide.

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Verlag
Wiley
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0471558931
ISBN 13 
9780471558934
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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