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This 8 page paper considers how workplace design can impact on efficiency and productivity. The paper begins by looking at how the design of the workplace has changed over time, with the aim of bettering the former levels of efficiency and productivity and why it is the psychological impact of the design that is important to any realised improvements. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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designed. There is a commonsense approach that will indicate that is employees are unhappy and working in poor conditions then they may not be as productive as those working in
light and air conditions. The impact of conditions is both physical and psychological, however the view of a well designed workspace may not always create increased productivity. To consider how
good design can increase efficiency and productivity we need to look at how workspaces may be designed with efficiency in mind. The initial stages of work design which included
the design of the workplace. If we look to the design to maximise the work of the employees we can look first to Hugo Munsterberg and then the Frederick Taylor.
The main aim was the way in which the work itself was designed, but with the use of time and motion studies this also looked at the ylayout of the
factories and environment design. Frederick Winslow Taylor, a perfectionist who hated waste of any sort. Taylor argued that even though tasks had
been broken down into component parts workers still retained discretion on how to perform tasks. This discretion he argued gave the workers power and that workers with this discretion would
under work and using the control which they gained to their own advantage (Huczyniski et al, 1996). This was possible as management remained ignorant of the processes involved. Taylors
theories were designed to put management in control, designing, using scientifically measured studies these, the most efficient work methods and then organising the and controlling workers to ensure maximum efficiency
(Huczyniski et al, 1996). This involved laying out the way the job was performed in a systemic manner, with each task placed in near to the former task.
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