The first unit of the projected center will provide efficient central facilities for centralizing related offices and agencies. The physical needs discussed are: offices, materials and construction, mechanical equipment, and utilities. Maintenance and the costs of renovation and new construction are discussed. The particular areas of the new…

Specifications developed to assist in planning a new administrative office are contained in this report for each of the following activities: central direction and management, instructional affairs, business affairs, supportive services, public accommodation, and employee accommodation. Of particular importance in determining the specifications…

The author describes the office of today with its word processing equipment and open landscape design, emphasizing cost reductions. In describing "the office of the future" she focuses on design, technology, telecommunications, filing, and procedures. Educational needs for the future office functions are noted. (MF)

Data collected from 114 clerical employees in 19 offices related objective office characteristics to employee attitudes and behaviors by focusing on interpersonal, job-related, and environmental dynamics. (JW)

With community cooperation, imagination, and marketing skills, school buildings can be converted to other community uses. Tables summarize recent sales in Delaware. (MLF)

Discusses nine of the most serious limitations of the office landscape concept: status screens, noise level, privacy problem, hazard control, security, unjustifiable changes, thermal environment, storage, and future planning. (Author/MF)

Discusses how technology is changing the nature of office work by introducing new information-processing machines, programs for operating them, and communications systems for interconnecting them. Includes diagrams of preindustrial, industrial, and information-age offices. (Author/JN)

Reviews selected facets of office automation, including office systems, the technical base, software, services, system growth, and effects on office personnel. (JN)

Discusses the importance of faculty office decor in establishing friendly, communicative relations between students and instructors. Recalls examples of furniture arrangement and wall decorations and provides comments from selected instructors. (JP)

Details recommendations for updating or constructing nurses' offices based upon a descriptive study done in one midwestern school district. Suggestions are provided on size, location, and equipment needed. Also addressed is the communication process needed to persuade a board of education and school administrators that nursing facilities must be a…

This compilation of authoritive practices and standards is offered as a means of obtaining guidelines for those involved in planning and construction of permanent campus facilities for community colleges in Massachusetts for full-time day students. Comparative criteria based on these studies are cited in the following areas--room and station…

Mechanization is the way of life for the office of the future and it is rapidly approaching, according to the author. She discusses the business and office skills necessary for this future office and approaches that business teachers might take to keep their curricula current with business trends. (MF)

Presents a 14-step process for school business officers to follow when implementing microcomputer systems into the central office. (MD)

In workstation design, furniture selection and arrangement directly relate to the way in which work is accomplished. Standardized workstations are being developed to fit the specific needs of various job categories within the electronic office. (Author/MLF)

An architect designed his combination living and working structure with a central solar heated area and nine thermal zones to make the most efficient use of energy collected. (Author/MLF)