Agreement for open offices
Unlike the negatives created above by the traditionalists, I like the fact that universities are starting to grapple with collaborative efforts. As for the commerical space, I have seen many open offices where productivity has increased as there were people watching and it meant that you really did have to work. As for enclosed partitioned offices, you were more free to do whatever the hell you liked and if you wanted to work it was up to the employer. As for telecommuters, you are free to work your own agenda at home and do the work on the side, there is pros and cons for both at working at home. Productivity is at risk with people working from home. But if there were measures to ensure PRDPs were being met and that a significant amount of productivity could be proven then maybe it is worthwhile. Hope that makes sense??
