Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 1 Issue 3

Communication strategies for the transition of employees to an open work environment

Kimberlynn J. Kleasen, Alysin Foster

The effective and successful transition of employees to an open work environment requires the facility manager to employ many skills. One skill, communication, is critical in…

Developing a winning Web strategy for an organisation’s facilities and infrastructure management

Bruce K. Forbes

This paper offers tips for performing facilities and infrastructure management tasks quickly and efficiently via the Internet or an organisational intranet. When properly…

Maximising FM’s contribution to shareholder value Part 2: Tactics for improving the capital budgeting process ‐ and producing results

Barry Lynch

Part 1 of this paper answered in the affirmative that the capital budgeting process for fixed assets can be improved (see Journal of Facilities Management, Volume One, Number…

Strategic planning for the internal marketing and communication of facilities management

Charles P. Griffin

For facility professionals, it is critical to sell a vision of facilities stewardship at every opportunity. This paper is intended to help professionals assess their current…

The impact of office environments on employee performance: The design of the workplace as a strategy for productivity enhancement

Paul Roelofsen

One of the fundamental human requirements is a working environment that allows people to perform their work optimally under comfortable conditions. Given that buildings and air…

Outsourcing facilities management in the process industry: A comparison of Swedish and UK patterns

Jan Bröchner, Per Adolfsson, Marcus Johansson

The use of external providers, multiple or single, for peripheral support services has expanded during the 1990s. Thisinvestigation analyses patterns of support service…

The transition to virtual: The impact of changes in business operations on facilities management

John Hinks

The development of virtual working practices heralds a technology led revolution in the way of working for some types of business. For those which adapt successfully, this appears…

Evaluating community facilities in local government: Managing for service enablement

Nicola Brackertz, Russell Kenley

Strategic management of facilities is now generally accepted best practice. Appraisal of facility performance has developed correspondingly and financial measures are no longer…