Strategy and Place:Managing Corporate Real Estate and Facilities for Competitive Advantage

Type	Book, Whole
Author(s)	O'Mara,M.
Publication year	1999
URL (web address)	http://www.amazon.com/
Notes	ID: 9; $(Review is based only on editorial and customer reviews) $In $Strategy and Place,$ real estate strategy expert Martha O'Mara presents a framework for making strategic decisions about how organizations should occupy space when they are no longer tied to a specific place by the physical tools of work. In this groundbreaking work, based on cutting-edge research at companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Pacific Bell, Lever Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Fidelity Investments, O'Mara presents a much-needed guide for thinking strategically about corporate real estate and facilities management and how to implement the right strategic plan once it's been formulated. $Strategy and Place$ outlines three main approaches to real estate and facilities management decision-making: Incrementalism, in which only short-term commitments to space are made and capital expenditures are kept to a minimum; Standardization, where control over design and management procedures is rigidly maintained through centralized decision-making; and Value-Based planning, in which organizational values and corporate culture are integral parts of all design-related decisions, and procedures are flexible enough to meet the needs of the individual parts of the organization. In this clearly written and insightful work, O'Mara explains the advantages and disadvantages of each approach and shows how to apply them appropriately.
Volume	First
Issue	1
Start page	1
End page	349
Availability	$30.00 (as at review date on amazon online)
Relevance to practice	High
Ease of application	High
Stage of application	Concept and Operation
Evidence base	High
Readability	High

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