Brief history of office planning

Future trends in office accommodation

Space types

Case Studies: 1 Campus MLC | 2 NSW Police HQ

"Reinventing the Workplace"

Jan Worthington

Keep asking yourself the key questions:

1. Have we studied our processes; do we really understand the nature of our work?
   
   
2. Are we basing our plans on what we need to support our work processes - or on traditions of status and rank?
   
   
3. Are we building streets, villages and colleges - or another outmoded white collar factory?
   
   
4. Are we supporting the work of our people wherever it is performed?
   
   
5. Are we giving groups and teams - as well as individuals - the setting they need to work effectively?
   
   
6. Have we involved the people in the trenches in the planning process? Are we ready to train them to use their new workplaces effectively?
   
   
7. What messages are we sending to our internal and external customers by the way we plan and furnish our offices?
   
   
8. Is our ultimate goal cost cutting or the working effectiveness of the company?

and remember the rules have changed:

• What you do is more important than who you are
• You don't have to go to work to work
• You won't sit in one place very long
• No more one person one chair
• Group and team settings are increasing
• There are multiple models for the workplace
• We're moving from efficiency to effectiveness.

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