April 2015
Beginner
480 pages
107h 32m
English
Another factor that affects organizational communication is workplace design. Despite all the information technology and employee mobility, much of an organization’s communication still happens in the workplace. In fact, some 74 percent of an employee’s average workweek is spent in an office.60 How that office workspace is designed and configured can affect the communication that occurs as well as influence an organization’s overall performance. In fact, in a survey of American workers, 90 percent believed that better workplace design and layout result in better overall employee performance.61
Research shows that a workplace design should successfully support four types of employee work: focused ...