The Work Environment

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The Work Environment

• Office ergonomics attempts to look at the impact
  of layout, ventilation, lighting or décor.

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Ergonomics Office Layout

• Designing the workplace to suit workflow and
  employee needs.

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Cellular Layout

• Advantages
• Privacy
• Status
• Quiet
• Regulate heat/light to suit own needs.

• Disadvantages
• Wastes space
• Cannot share resources
• Employees may feel isolated
• Uneconomic lighting/heating.
• Difficult to supervise

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Open Plan Layout

• Advantages
• Less wasted space
• Easy to supervise
• Design to suit workflow and work groups
• Sharing resources
• Staff are not isolated

• Disadvantages
• Noisy
• Lack of privacy
• No status
• Cant regulate heat/light for individual needs.

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Workflow

• The flow of people and paper around the office.

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Workflow Good Design Principles

• Site associated work areas together, eg sales and
  purchasing.

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Workflow Good Design Principles

• No unnecessary physical barriers to get from A to
  B

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Workflow Good Design Principles

• Common services or equipment sited centrally for
  all to use.

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The Ergonomic Environment

• Systems furniture
• Wall colours
• Lighting
• Ventilation
• Noise control
• Workstations
• Protective equipment

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A well designed ergonomic work environment will

• improve morale, motivation and productivity
• ensure effective workflow
• promote health and safety at work
• give a positive image for the organisation
• be cost effective.