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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792696403321

Autore

Myerson Jeremy

Titolo

New demographics, new workspace [[electronic resource] ] : office design for the changing workforce / / Jeremy Myerson, Jo-Anne Bichard, and Alma Erlich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : Gower

Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2010

ISBN

1-315-59792-6

1-317-08857-3

1-317-08856-5

1-282-61472-X

9786612614729

0-7546-9212-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BichardJo-Anne

ErlichAlma

Disciplina

658.2/3

Soggetti

Office layout

Work environment

Design - Human factors

Older people - Employment

Knowledge workers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part One Reviewing the context; 1 The change we face; 2 The greying workforce; 3 Knowledge workers; 4 Burned-out, bottlenecked and bored; 5 An unholy alliance; 6 Collaborative working; 7 Flexible working; 8 The nature of the challenge; Part Two Rethinking the culture; 9 Towards a welcoming workplace; 10 Open plan has its limits; 11 Fit for purpose?; 12 Trapped inside the box; 13 Ambivalence to ageing; 14 Responding to the challenge; Part Three Redesigning the environment; 15 Plotting your moves; 16 Spaces to concentrate

17 Spaces to collaborate18 Spaces to contemplate; 19 Making it



happen; 20 New demographics, new workspace; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.