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Authors: Keith Alexander
ISBN-13: 9780419205807, ISBN-10: 0419205802
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: June 2005
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Keith Alexander

Keith Alexander is Professor of Facilities Management and Director of the Centre for Facilities Management at the University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

Jan Brochner is Professor of Organisation of Construction, specialising in Facilities Management, at Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden

Brian Atkin is Programme Director for the Swedish national construction R&D programme, Competitive Building, and a Director of Atkin Research & Development Limited, a specialist consultancy.

Tore I Haugeb is Professor of Architectural Management at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU.

Book Synopsis

This text provides an overview of the interdisciplinary nature of facilities management. It discusses the framework within which facilites managers should operate and the key requirements of their task.

Table of Contents

1Introduction1
Pt. 1Organisational change and learning : an introduction13
2Space place and people : facilities management and critical theory15
3Organisational change, representations and facilities33
4Space use among growth companies : linking the theories47
Pt. 2Innovation and the innovative workplace : an introduction59
5Why do real estate actors weight adaptability differently for office buildings?61
6Towards a more sustainable industrial workplace75
7The emergence of supply chain management as a strategic facilities management tool83
Pt. 3Performance : an introduction95
8Business-related performance measures for facilities management97
9Developing balanced scorecards for facilities management109
Pt. 4Towards knowledge workplaces : an introduction117
10The knowledge workplace : what really matters119
11Towards typologies of knowledge work and workplaces137
AppA European workplace knowledge network155

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