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7 Steps To Good Work Habits Away From The Office: Many business owners and executives associate an office environment with the will to work. As a result, they fret that they - or their employees - may be less than diligent when working from home or a hotel room. But keeping up your self-discipline away from the office is just...; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; White papers
Better Sound Solutions: Sound Solutions represented some of the best thinking at the time by interior designers and industry as to how various products in the office environment could work together to address the problem of noise. This paper explains, today's office environment is much more acoustically complex, and the solutions needed to...; Tags: occupant, acoustics, organizational culture, privacy, industry; White papers 2004-03-18
Life Without Microsoft Is Possible: Jason Kelly submits: Wrapping up last week's look at why Microsoft's MSFT business has grown while its stock price has not, CJ sent along the story of how Mike Kavis worked for one year without Microsoft products in a Microsoft office environment. He has "not used a single Microsoft...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Software; External links 2008-06-15
Mendocino: Extending SAP Processes Through Microsoft Office - Revolutionizing How Information Workers Access Enterprise Applications: Corporate employees have to work with information and processes that reside in two disconnected universes: enterprise applications and desktop productivity applications. In fact, most information workers spend the majority of their day within the Microsoft Office environment, while sporadically accessing enterprise applications. The paper depicts how SAP and Microsoft are...; Tags: Enterprise software, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise application, information worker, SAP AG, productivity application, Microsoft Office, decision-making, environment, ERP, Microsoft Corp., desktop; White papers 2005-08-12
Video: Playing Positive Office Politics: Video: Playing Positive Office PoliticsThis is right onIt's great to hear these tips and know that there are ways to handle difficult people and situations in the workplace. This should be sent around to all the offices that I've been fortunate enough to become acquainted with! Thanks, Starla!Finally...; Tags: Corporate communications, office politics, video, Positive Office Politics, Starla; Discussion threads 2007-07-10

Gains in Productivity Helped Pay for the Cost of Personal Environments in About 18 Months: The 150,000-square-foot company headquarters houses more than 500 employees in an open-plan office setting. Improve employee productivity by enhancing the comfort and quality of office environment. Reduce new building construction and energy consumption costs. Provide employees with Johnson Controls Personal Environments systems, allowing them to control their individual workstation environments,...; Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., environment, workstation; Case studies
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. The goal of the project was to create a prototype office environment that showcases practical applications of Herman Miller products and systems, while also serving as a working office for 450 Herman Miller employees...; Tags: American Standard Inc., workplace; Case studies
Capture, Process And Distribution Technology For Fast & Easy Document Management, Storage & Retrieval: Nowadays business environment, documents come in all forms and shapes, with many of them still in paper format. AutoStore is uniquely designed to capture, index and route documents regardless of file format or the source of content. rules and processes, which are set up by the IT administrator. All you...; Tags: photocopier, document management, storage, environment; White papers 2006-07-14
Cost-Conscious Construction: The article is about new materials and design trends that can cut and money from project budgets. Nationwide many office tenants are focused on either sprucing up and staying in their current space for the next two to three years until the economy turns or pursuing short-term lease deals that...; Tags: National Association of Realtors, tenant, cost savings, technique; White papers 2003-01-01
Why Is My Office Stifling When It Should Be Cool, and Frigid When It Should Be Warm?: If you find yourself griping about having to wear a coat in your office, you can comfort yourself with the fact that you're far from alone. A recent survey by Blumberg Capital Partners asked workers how office conditions affected their productivity and their feelings about their...; Tags: Marketing research, Microsoft Office, Jeff Palfini, survey, office environment; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Sound Internal Communication Is Crucial in a Crisis Situation: The events of 9/11 affected all of workplaces. But, a question, which arises, is that what lessons have we learned from 9/11, and what will we do differently next time? To address these questions, the DC Region of Agricultural Communicators in Education ACE put together a half-day workshop on the...; Tags: crisis situation, 9/11 commission, crisis communication, workplace; White papers 2002-08-01
Encryption for the Internet: Paper 2 - Remote Access for Your Business: Intranet/Extranet: There are two different approaches to allowing authorised people to access a person's organisation's sensitive data and IT infrastructure: Intranet/Extranets, and Virtual Private Networks VPNs. Each approach is technically quite different, and each is suited to differing audiences and types of information resources. Intranets/Extranets make available to selected users the...; Tags: Remote Access, Internet, Extranet, Encryption, Intranet, Networking; White papers 2003-02-01
"Superbad" Office Comedy: My work buddy and I love to quote lines from our favorite comedy shows and movies. It's kind of our thing. This past weekend, we went to see the movie "Superbad" and came back to the office on Monday dropping lines to each other when our paths crossed.Later that same...; Tags: Where's The Line?, Microsoft Office, Superbad, coworker, movie; Blog posts 2007-08-22
Office Space: Is Boring Better for Business?: Intel'sÂ making someÂ major interior designÂ changesÂ inÂ three office locations to fosterÂ "real time person-to-person collaboration." (You can thank Conan O'Brien for their departure from the cubicle revolution of the 70's.) The company earmarked $10 million for a three-month remodeling pilot program it hopes will improve productivity, boostÂ employee morale, and cut costs.Â ...; Tags: Lori Deschene, Microsoft Office, worker, Intel Corp.; Blog posts 2007-10-16
Exploiting Convergence To Create Agile Organisations: This paper explains the vision for the converged and agile organisation. Customers can exploit shared channels wit a common context which allows them to efficiently swap between them when required. Users are supported at home and when mobile, but also are provided with a flexible office environment that allows then...; Tags: British Telecommunications, Framework, Convergence, Team Management, VOIP, Strategy, Management, Telecommunications, Networking; Tools & templates 2004-09-24
: My boss is a golf fanatic. During the warmer months, he'll sneak out of work early once or twice a week and take a bunch of the guys from the office with him to the local linksBecause I don't golf, I never get asked to go with them. Yet I...; Tags: Where's The Line?, OK IT, injustice; Blog posts 2007-07-01
Things You Didn't Learn in School (But Need to Know in the Real World): How do you survive a poorly run meeting? How do you explain your ideas in thirty seconds? Guy Kawasaki—Apple evangelist—tells you in tiny snippets what you need to be able to do in the office environment and how to do it in a recent blog post on his site, How...; Tags: David Goldenberg; Blog posts 2007-07-13
Six Simple Tips for Increasing Sales and Peace of Mind: In this paper there are six simple steps to creating the office environment you deserve, and one that will help you increase sales and decrease stress. Frst one is to make a date with yourself for getting your act together. Plan a minimum of three hours when there will be...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Youngstown Publishing Co., sales, photograph, tool; White papers 2003-05-26
Technology Outsourcing Helps Ensure Flexibility and Growth: Increasing Efficiencies, Saving Money and Adapting to Internal and Regulatory Change: After acquiring several smaller insurers in the 1990s, Liverpool Victoria grew concerned that its expanded back-office environment was draining resources from its most critical functions: sales and customer support. With increased product lines came increased regulatory responsibilities, more complex systems and a larger customer base. To further its success, Liverpool...; Tags: Insurance, Electronic Data Systems Corp., insurance company, back-office, outsourcing, environment, sales; Case studies
Sleep Affecting Workâ€¦Or Vice Versa?: A new study from the University of Michigan suggests that job-related conflicts and issues can cause sleep problems. In fact, the study found that work conditions affected sleep patterns, instead of the other way around. "Massive changes over the past half-century have reshaped the workplace, with major...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-04-28