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Standardized
offices & spaces: the two main working
environments, closed offices or open spaces,
usually have the same configuration whatever
the activity of the company or the function
of the employee and people work exclusively
in one of the two systems.
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No
optimal utilization & loss of space:
due to various absences (holidays, sickness,
business travels, meetings,...) desks are
left unoccupied for many days a year.
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Poor
attention to ergonomics and homeliness of
office spaces: the common office
equipment consists of a (non-adjustable)
desk, a chair (adjustable in height) and
a (fixed cable) computer. The quality of
the environment is often rather poor, except
maybe in the meeting rooms and executive
rooms.
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Environment
is not adapted to the evolution in communication
and information technology: employees
work at a fixed place and within fixed schedules
whereas information and contacts now originate
from any place on earth, at any time of
the day or night.
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Diverse
activities versus a single work style:
employees tend to have tasks of a different
nature combined within one global function,
compared to the rather uniform activities
and responsibilities of the past. One fixed
working space can hardly be suitable for
each and every one of these tasks.
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