Push, Pull, Shrink, Grow: The co-share workplace interior that reflects changing spatial needs

<p>This thesis explores how co-working offices emerged as a solution to the shift in the social expectations of the workplace. It studies how the rise in the number of freelancers and entrepreneurs has resulted in the materialisation of co-working offices. It examines how co-working offices offer flexibility in terms of membership plans, but how their interior environments do not yet reflect this. In short it aims to investigate how these workplace interiors can adapt to meet residents needs. This research embraces the multi-functionality of the co-working office and the demands of residents who occupy these spaces. Three local case studies and international precedents are explored which give insight and offer opportunities on materiality, site context and multi-functional spaces. It explores how to engage residents by challenging how best to design co-working offices. This project considers the requirements of the co-working office and how co-working interiors are occupied throughout the day. The design proposes a kit of parts ‘space making’ solution, which enables co-working offices to meet resident’s needs. This research contributes to the limited published discussion of understanding interior space in the context of co-working offices. This research explores through interior architecture, how co-working offices can be designed to reflect its resident’s individual ways of working and co-workings varying spatial needs. Although based around co-working spaces, the researcher recognises the implications for findings based around corporate office environments.</p>

Push, Pull, Shrink, Grow: The co-share workplace interior that reflects changing spatial needs

<p>This thesis explores how co-working offices emerged as a solution to the shift in the social expectations of the workplace. It studies how the rise in the number of freelancers and entrepreneurs has resulted in the materialisation of co-working offices. It examines how co-working offices offer flexibility in terms of membership plans, but how their interior environments do not yet reflect this. In short it aims to investigate how these workplace interiors can adapt to meet residents needs. This research embraces the multi-functionality of the co-working office and the demands of residents who occupy these spaces. Three local case studies and international precedents are explored which give insight and offer opportunities on materiality, site context and multi-functional spaces. It explores how to engage residents by challenging how best to design co-working offices. This project considers the requirements of the co-working office and how co-working interiors are occupied throughout the day. The design proposes a kit of parts ‘space making’ solution, which enables co-working offices to meet resident’s needs. This research contributes to the limited published discussion of understanding interior space in the context of co-working offices. This research explores through interior architecture, how co-working offices can be designed to reflect its resident’s individual ways of working and co-workings varying spatial needs. Although based around co-working spaces, the researcher recognises the implications for findings based around corporate office environments.</p>

A Main Street framework leveraging data and technology for good

The COVID-19 pandemic has hollowed out corporate office spaces in large US metropolitan centers, resulting in three potential downstream differential impacts: (1) on places, as demand for urban office spaces, commercial real estate, and housing have changed; (2) on profits, as small and local businesses in proximity to these office spaces depend on office workers and other foot traffic; and, (3) on people, as the livelihoods of many diverse but historically marginalized communities have been disproportionately affected. In this article, we examine these impacts, with downtown Seattle used as a case study to validate some urban trends. In leveraging data and technology-based approaches to assess and support urban vitality and equity goals, policymakers can explore the value of a Main Street data-driven analytical framework. Here, we explore how such a framework can support more targeted responses, including implementing technology policy initiatives that increase the digitalization of Main Street businesses and support their resilience. Complementing this data-driven framework, institutionalizing equity analysis in regional decision-making systems can better account for differential impacts on vulnerable communities to implement more inclusive future of work recovery strategies.

Dish Tv India Limited: the dilemma of celebrity endorsement

Learning outcomes The learning outcomes of this paper are as follows: to understand the meaning of celebrity endorser, to understand factors that play a significant role in selecting a celebrity endorser for product endorsement, to decide when a brand needs a celebrity endorser and to generate option analysis factoring in the pros and limitations of celebrity endorsement. Case overview/synopsis Dish TV pioneered digital entertainment in India. It was July 2016, the first quarter board meeting of Dish TV India Limited at the company corporate office in Noida, India. One of the agenda items was whether the company needed to rely on celebrity endorsement 12 years after its inception. In three months, time, at its next meeting, the board was expected to come up with a product campaign that would most effectively impact its target customers. Complexity academic level The case is targeted at business management students pursuing a postgraduate management program. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 8: Marketing.

PRODUCT INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE OF LARGE MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA: A CASE OF BAMBURI CEMENT LIMITED (LAFARGE HOLCIM)

ABSTRACT The increasing demand for cement in Kenya has attracted new entrants into the market, increasing competition amongst producers of cement. This study finds out the role of product innovation on performance of large manufacturing firms, a case study of Bamburi Cement Limited. The study was guided by Innovative Firm theory, theory of Dynamic Capability, Resource Dependence Theory and the Institutional Theory. This study adopted a descriptive research design. The study's population entailed all workers of BCL serving in 6 departments in the Corporate Office, Industrial Area and also in Athi River. The departments include Innovation and Technical Services Department, the Commercial Department, the IT Department, Human Resource Department, Production & Maintenance Department and the Finance Department. A total of 470 employees formed the target. The Yamane formula (1967) was applied to obtain the sample for the study. From the 470 workers 216 of them were to be obtained from the targeted departments. A Stratified random sampling was applied for proportionately selecting the 216 sample of employees from the population targeted. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Qualitative data was analysed using content analysis and presented in different themes. The study concluded that there exists a positive relationship between product innovation strategy and performance of large manufacturing firms. Therefore, large manufacturing firms should continually embrace product innovation as this strategy provides a framework for creating new products and improving the performance. Manufacturing companies need to implement policies that encourage a process innovation culture. Keyword: Product, innovation, research and development, performance.

From the Savannah to the Corporate Office: The Evolution of Teams

Just as social and organizational research has benefited significantly from evolutionary approaches, likewise an understanding of the evolution of teams can advance our knowledge of team formation and functioning. The current paper traces the multilevel emergence of teams as a unique type of group that evolved specially for complex task performance, outlines the evolved mechanisms that enable humans to use teams as a form of adaptive technology, and describes how teams leverage flexible structural adjustments and distinct human motives to tackle a wide range of challenges. We conclude by discussing the implications of this novel framework for team research.

Turned Upside Down: The Role of New York Patient Experience Leaders During COVID-19

At the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, New York’s largest health system, Northwell Health, leveraged leadership and innovation to ensure the health and well-being of patients, families, and employees. During this unprecedented time, the role of patient experience leader constantly morphed and transformed to meet the ever-changing needs of the community and organization. This dedicated group of leaders, supported by the Northwell Corporate Office of Patient & Customer Experience, focused primarily on remotely connecting patients and families, harnessing the power of positivity as a crisis strategy and supporting the emotional health of the frontline staff.

P1554TYPES OF INCIDENTS MANAGED AT TWO DIFFERENT MEDICAL LEVELS IN A LARGE MULTINATIONAL RENAL SERVICES PROVIDER NETWORK

Background and Aims Patient safety programs need a well-structured organization to facilitate proactive and fair reporting, prompt evaluation analysis and timely feedback followed by measure implementation and auditing. To analyze all types of incidents in our network from Jan.1st to Sept. 30th, 2019 by two different levels (Corporate and Country) of medical management alert. Method Our institution has tracked all incidents under a structured process program for the last 10 years, according to 4 incident types (Patient related, Staff-visitors, Products and Equipment) and 54 subcodes. Incidents are considered as serious when they may be life-threatening or result in death, impaired body function/structure and/or are deemed serious based on appropriate medical judgment. Communication to Health Authorities applies in accordance with local country regulations. “Serious incidents” are immediately notified to the Corporate Office and to each Country Medical lead, whilst different codes may generate alerts into Corporate or Country. Results A total of 68.399 incidents (2.7 incident/patient/year) were reported during Q1-Q3 2019. Total incidents/1000 treatments were 17.1 (12.1 were patients related incidents). Causes for alerts at corporate level (n=65) were: cardiorespiratory arrest (28%); unexpected death (15%); seroconversion (9%); hemolysis (8%), severe hypotension (6%) and air embolism (3%). Reported incidents at country level (n=655) were almost half ascribed to equipment [water supply, power failure and flooding (41%)], medication errors (36%), venous needle dislodgment (19%) and Injuries (3%). Conclusion Despite continuous efforts to get better results, there is room for improvement on better staff compliance with our standard operating procedures especially regarding medications and venous needle dislodgment risk assessment.