Workspace Made Easy

A clear and practical guide on how to create a fantastic work environment
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-69909-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 239 g

Demystifying the entire workspace industry, for the non-expert and expert alike, this unique book sets out every step and consideration in how to lead a project to create a fantastic workspace.

Entirely free of baffling jargon and industry-speak, it’s a refreshingly accessible, practical, down-to-earth guide applicable to all types of workspace, new or renovated and anywhere in the world. Created by two leading workspace practitioners with over half a century of combined multi-sector international experience, this book maps the process from initial idea to finished product and beyond in a succinct, logical and easy-to-follow question and answer style. It helps the reader instantly become a better project leader, and, for all those firms they’ll deal with, a more informed and prepared client.

Supported by amusing and informative true stories throughout, the book is an indispensable guide that is sure to become an industry standard.

Zielgruppe

Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Groves, Kursty

Usher, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Design: Allgemeines & Theorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Office Management, Büroorganisation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Kleine und Mittlere Unternehmen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: What do we need and why? 1. Check-in: Where are we now? 2. Understand: What have we got? 3. Define: What do we want? Part II: How do we make our workspace real? 4. Set-up: How will we run the project? 5. Locate: How can we find the workspace we need? 6. Design: What will our new workspace be like? Part III: How do we make our workspace happen? 7. Deliver: How will we build our workspace? 8. Activate: How will we make the most of our workspace? 9. Evolve: How will we live with our new workspace?

Über Autor(innen)

Kursty Groves is a leading workplace strategist and professor with over 25 years’ experience in workspace innovation and design. Author, podcast host and international conference speaker, she's known for her insightful approach to creating inspiring work environments.

Neil Usher is an internationally experienced workplace creator and change leader with over 30 years’ senior-level client-side and advisory experience. He’s the author of several books, a prolific blogger and a regular speaker, known for bringing a fresh perspective while challenging assumptions and myths.