Artful Work: Awakening Joy Meaning and Commitment

Workplace by Design: Mapping the HIgh-Performance Workscape

by Franklin Becker and Fritz Steele

228 pages (May 1995) Jossey-Bass Publishers; ISBN: 0787900478 - $28.00, Hardcover

From Booklist , March 15, 1995

With all the literature devoted to change in the workplace, discussing either the role of technology or the need to restructure organizations, little attention has been paid to the physical workplace and how space can limit or shape both work itself and the application of technology. Becker, director of the International Workplace Studies Program at Cornell University, and Steele, a consultant and former faculty member at Yale and Harvard Universities, target managers and organizational leaders...

Showing CEO's and managers how to put aside conventional notions of space based on hierarchies and status, innovative ideas for the reengineered corporation, virtual organization, and high-performance workplace offer alternatives to energize employees and increase productivity.

The authors show CEOs and managers how to put aside and rethink conventional awkward notions of space based on hierarchy and status that pit people against each other in turf wars. The authors show how team environments, non-territorial offices and other strategies can support business objectives and result in a more competitive organization.

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