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the arrangement of workspace so that work can be performed in the most efficient way. Office design incorporates both ergonomics and work flow, which examine...
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Office Designs for Optimizing Collaboration
The nature of work has changed considerably since the first cubicle was introduced in 1968. Today's workplaces need to be as adaptable and collaborative as the people inside them. Here’s how Microsoft and other large companies have redesigned their offices for the way people work now. .officeDesignPic...
Tags: Jane Hodges, redesign, real estate, collaboration, printing, workplace, HTML, Microsoft Corp.
Articles 2008-03-03
Office Design: How to Build a Better Office
A well-designed office is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to retain workers and make them more productive. Size Up Your Current Space Goal: Understand how well — or...
Tags: Jane Hodges, worker, fax machine, photocopier, vice president, conference, fax, finance, printer, financial, environment, job, team, sales
Articles 2008-02-29
Image Gallery: Best and Worst Workplace Design
Want to make your employees more productive? Maybe you need nicer offices. Our image gallery of best and worst workplaces shows why design matters. by Karen Steen
Tags: office design, workplace, productivity, workstation, collaboration
Image galleries 2008-03-03

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Herman Miller Marketplace-Zeeland, Michigan: Rooftop Comfort System Contributes to LEED Gold Rating
Herman Miller, Inc. is a leading global provider of office furniture and services for the workplace. Products include office furniture, storage equipment, office architecture components, and systems for information management. The firm also has a longstanding commitment to green building design, being one of the original sponsors of the U.S....
Tags: American Standard Inc., information management, workplace, storage
Case studies
Designing the Perfect Office
The New York Times moved into a brand-new office building this week, and already rival news sources are jumping at the opportunity to point out the weaknesses, including mice and poor office design. Putting aside the thought that this is sour-grapes reporting from journalists who might be...
Tags: Groupware, Nicole Solis, collaboration, Microsoft Office
Blog posts 2007-07-06
Office Makeovers That Boost the Bottom Line
Badly configured offices aren’t just killjoys — they kill profits, too. Here’s how smart companies use space to their advantage.Researchers have said for years that the physical workspace of a business factors directly into productivity, job satisfaction, and, yes — profitability. Yet relatively few companies practice what everyone...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Workspace, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Nicole Solis
Articles 2008-03-03
Exposing the Elements: Unique Office Design Features Exposed Engineered Wood Products
Mike Corliss wanted the design of his new office building to showcase his company's trade. Corliss owns Investco Financial Corporation, a property management company, and also owns and operates a local truss manufacturing business. The 7,800-square-foot state-of-the-art office building in the rural community of Sumner, Wash. is a tribute to...
Tags: property management, manufacturing, industry
Case studies
Creating An Organization Chart In Office 2003
An organization chart graphically represents the management structure of an organization. There are several ways to create an organization chart in Microsoft Office 2003, depending on which Office 2003 program you want to use. Microsoft Office Visio 2003 has the most extensive collection of organization chart features, including a variety...
Tags: Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
White papers
Northern Builds Grid-Connected On-Site Power System for Equity Office One Market Street Office Complex
Equity Office is the nation's largest publicly held office building owner and manager with a portfolio of 687 buildings. Equity Office proactively sought to improve energy efficiency at its One Market Street office complex in downtown San Francisco. The advanced 1.5 megawatt cogeneration system consists of three natural gas-fired generators...
Tags: Northern Power Systems, equity
Case studies
Make Design Changes To Templates In Office Access 2007
Client records, Product sales, Personnel files, Inventory reports, Vendor information and contacts, contacts, contacts. These different items are probably just a small portion of the types of data you collect in your business transactions. Each event, each phone call, each search adds to the information you need to collect, organize,...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, phone
White papers
Design for Science
Today there are many types of laboratories in medical, corporate and academic settings. Despite their differences, these labs have been shaped by common trends in automation, electronic equipment, regulatory guidelines, lab/office relationships and the evolution of the working environment. On the whole, these factors have resulted in lab personnel spending...
Tags: regulatory guideline, environment
White papers 2000-07-01
Business Centre Assembly
This three-part business centre design envisaged eight identical office units, each with three levels, up to a maximum building height of 9m. In between the office units, the plan was to make use of meeting rooms, which would be for hire. Beams were used for the intermediate floors. The wind...
Tags: Corus Group
Case studies
NRDCs Green Offices
NRDC began renovating the first of its offices in 1988, with the goal of putting our environmental principles into practice. Since then, NRDC has incorporated green design features into each of our four offices, in New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica and Washington, DC. Thousands of visitors, including design professionals...
Tags: Office, NRDC, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
White papers 2004-04-29
Start Getting Answers From Other Office Users
Have a tough question about an Office program that you just can't find the answer to anywhere? Want to take a look and see who else might be asking the same question? Chances are, you're not the only one asking that question, and better yet, there's a good chance someone...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, office product
White papers
What Not to Do in The Office Unless You're Steve Carell
If you thought there wasn't anything you could learn from watching "The Office" you're wrong -- at least according to Fast Company. In her article, "What Not to Do in The Office" Liz Webber recalls ten memorable mess-ups from our favorite blundering boss, Michael Scott, and applies them to real-life...
Tags: Lori Deschene, Microsoft Office
Blog posts 2007-12-18
About The Office Move Template For Project
The objective of this template is to identify and correlate the activities required for an office move. The template is designed to focus on the required steps to successfully move your office from one location to another. The office move template provides you with a basic set of common tasks...
Tags: Microsoft Corp.
White papers
Lecture Notes - Engineering Design and Design Codesá
These notes cover the section for Engineering Design and Design codes. The aim of this section is to show why design is required, what is normally produced as a result, basic parameters and design operations and discussion of different design codes and their effect. This section is based on transmission...
Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Section, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers
Insert A Label Into An Office Document
If you are working with a Microsoft Office Word 2007 document, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 workbook, or Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation that is saved to a library on a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site where a policy requiring the insertion of a label is in effect as part...
Tags: Microsoft Office, information management, Microsoft Corp.
White papers
Why Do Most Pension Funds Hold More Office Than Any Other Property Type?
Perfect knowledge would have meant knowing that office, throughout the multi-cycle period, would turn out to be the riskiest of the major property sectors with the worst pay off for assuming risk compared with the other real estate sectors. This paper presents data showing risk has declined, although investors understand...
Tags: Institute for Fiduciary Education, allocation, real estate, knowledge
White papers 2003-01-01
Nonresidential Roof Systems
Cost savings, design flexibility and durability make wood roof systems an increasingly preferred solution to commercial and industrial roof design problems. This brochure from APA - The Engineered Wood Association includes design recommendations for structural wood panels, glulam beams and I-joists used in nonresidential roof construction. The following paper contains...
Tags: cost savings, insurance
White papers 2000-05-17
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