Strategic Workplace Design

Type	Book, Section
Author(s)	Arge,K. , Nutt,B. , McLennan,P.
Publication year	2001
Notes	ID: ARGE2001; Takes Becker et al's (1994) classification of workplace initiatives as business or cost and process or solution driven and studies seven Norwegian cases. Only two out of seven met all four of Becker's criteria for Business AND Process driven initiatives, in that they spoecifically included being ready to make fundamental changes in business practice. Only in those two do top management report a major and sustained improvement in productivity and/or rate of return! Unfortunately confidentiality prevents exact figures being published but: a) support for the Becker model is confirmed in a different cultural setting b) business criteria are the judge of success The fact that size (the two case were smaller) is acknowledged but the research nonetheless sets a promising direction..
Issue	17
Start page	149
End page	156
Relevance to practice	High
Ease of application	Depends on managers
Stage of application	Design and Implementation
Evidence base	Better than most
Readability	High

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