Office Design Factors to Improve Productivity
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Factors that Affect Office Productivity
There are four design factors that most contribute to having a substantial impact to improved office productivity: access, comfort, privacy and flexibility. All four design factors are part of an effectively designed workplace.
Designing Your Office to Have Improved Access
Start by placing all those that work on a similar team on a day to day basis together for a better work flow. Next, make it easy for all those in the office to reach and obtain shared resources such as the printers, copiers and necessary files. Eliminate communication barriers such as walls or machines that make loud noises while providing meeting spaces that will inspire and facilitate collaboration.
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Designing Your Office to Provide More Comfort
Provide the very basic ergonomic needs with comfortable chairs and adjustable desk configurations. Improve lighting, air quality and temperature. While lighting depends on the type of work being performed, quality air and temperature are universal. An employee that is freezing and sitting on their hands trying to keep warm will not be able to perform at maximum efficiency.
Designing a space that is generally more visually aesthetically pleasing and more comfortable can often be a deciding factor to an individual deciding weather or not to accept a position being offered by the company in the first place. An economical way to brighten an office is with the use of area rugs - they help create a sense of comfort and trust. Consider a modern area rug for a fast, innovative place or a more traditional oriental rug for a subdued environment.
Designing Your Office to Provide Privacy
First and foremost, create a working environment that reduces the visual and acoustical distractions. Noisy and busy office corridors and general office communications can be a constant distraction to the concentration of your employees. Also, provide appropriate levels of privacy based on the specific work tasks being performed by the individual. Do keep in mind that in a private office, an 18" sidelight panel next to a door can provide the necessary visual access to a room to ensure nothing inappropriate is going on as well as protect those in the room from being wrongfully accused of such actions. If possible, give employees the option to choose whether they want to work in an area that provides more privacy or one that provides more stimulation and access to others in the office.
Designing Your Office to Provide Added Flexibility
When initially designing or redesigning your workplace, choose floor plans, materials, and furniture that are easy to reconfigure. This will not only make your office more flexible, but will save you more money in the long run as your company reduces or increases the number of staff or reorganizes groups and teams. Just as a business must flex and change to survive, the design must be able to facilitate and accommodate those changes to be a truly functional space.
By designing your office space to be comfortable, flexible, with great access and appropriate levels of privacy, you will notice significant changes in the dynamics of your employees and clients. Employees will work with higher efficiency and production. Clients will want to linger a bit longer in discussion with managers in the teaming or conference room giving you more time to influence them into more business. In the end, good design affects your businesses bottom line. Don't let bad design put your business in the red.
