Jeremy Myerson, Jo-Anne Bichard

New Demographics New Workspace (eBook, PDF)

Office Design for the Changing Workforce

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book alerts top managers on how to design a work environment that supports an ageing workforce to avoid feeling burnt-out, bottle-necked and bored in the knowledge economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317088578
• Artikelnr.: 44991264

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Myerson is the Helen Hamlyn Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, where he also leads the Helen Hamlyn Centre. A journalist, academic and design activist, he was the Founding Editor of Design Week and he also established the InnovationRCA, the Royal College of Art's innovation network for business. He is the author of a number of books on workplace design, including New Workspace New Culture for Gower, and lectures and consults internationally. Jo-Anne Bichard is a Research Fellow in the RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre. She trained as a social anthropologist at Goldsmiths College and her MSc at Imperial College involved an ethnographic study of neuroscience laboratories. Her research focus is on barriers to and opportunities for inclusive design of products and environments, including the workplace. Alma Erlich is a chartered psychologist with 20 years experience of consulting to organisations, providing management development, evaluation, training and coaching to senior management. Alma is a consultant to the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre, advising on research for design innovation and workplace environments. She is also a Member of the British Psychological Society, the Association of Business Psychologists and the Social Research Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Reviewing the context
Chapter 1 The change we face
Chapter 2 The greying workforce
Chapter 3 Knowledge workers
Chapter 4 Burned-out, bottlenecked and bored
Chapter 5 An unholy alliance
Chapter 6 Collaborative working
Chapter 7 Flexible working
Chapter 8 The nature of the challenge
Part II Rethinking the culture
Chapter 9 Towards a welcoming workplace
Chapter 10 Open plan has its limits
Chapter 11 Fit for purpose?
Chapter 12 Trapped inside the box
Chapter 13 Ambivalence to ageing
Chapter 14 Responding to the challenge
Part III Redesigning the environment
Chapter 15 Plotting your moves
Chapter 16 Spaces to concentrate
Chapter 17 Spaces to collaborate
Chapter 18 Spaces to contemplate
Chapter 19 Making it happen
Chapter 20 New demographics, new workspace