Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of library spaces by postgraduate students at the North-West University in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach A survey research methodology was used in which both online and print questionnaires were used to gather data. Findings...

Office decentralization has been developing rapidly in Hong Kong since the early 1980s. Office tenants relocated their businesses to the Decentralized District (DD) with the benefits of lower rent, higher flexibility of space use and better supporting facilities. This study examines office...

Purpose – The office is considered as a strategic resource that can support knowledge‐based organisations to gain competitive advantage and operational efficiency. Although the modern scholar emphasises the role of user involvement in workplace design and management, there is little evidence...

Describes the approach to the management and operation of a facilities department employed by Ernst & Young. Considers the importance of facilities departments, their financial role, premises running costs, efficient space management, contracts and competitive tendering, CAD/CAM, research...

Considers the space utilization survey carried out by IBM UK to rethink its property portfolio. Discusses the survey work itself, key directions, and implementation of the concept through projects. Concludes that the re‐think has improved work efficiency, space utilization and staff satisfaction.

Reports on a study undertaken to explore the implications of planned changes to the way client services are organized in Employment Service Jobcentres (ESJs). Surmises that space use measures can be used to improve the layout of ESJs as environments for interfacing job and benefit information...

Many companies set up operations offshore and complete projects by ‘worksharing' where responsibilities are split between geographically dispersed offices. This article looks at how knowledge management systems facilitate practices essential for collaborative, distributed work. A qualitative...

Changes in the global economy and technological advances are stimulating an increasing geographic distribution of new product design and development efforts. For large organizations that design and develop complex products, this geographic distribution has added a new layer of complexity to...