Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

At the beginning of the 1990s over 60 per cent of the working population was in 'white collar' employment and approximately two thirds of this number were direct users of information technology to enhance their working practices. The 'salaried clerk' working in a routine, repetitive nine to five job, has been succeeded by the flexible, independent, innovative 'knowledge worker'. The place of work, its location, use, character, quality and management are changing but can and will the property, management, and design professions reappraise themselves to meet the challenge? reinventing the Workplace stems from a seminar held at the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, The University of York, on trends in workplace organization, design and utilization. The book articulates the organizational and technological developments that are influencing the procurement, layout, and management of the workplace, through case studies and reflections on practice by leading corporations and consultants in the field. It provides an invaluable background of the key issues for workplace users, their professional advisers, external consultants, and suppliers.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Section 1 Charting a future
• The logistical city
• New patterns of work: the design of the office
• Real estate and the future
• The Future Workplace, Opportunists, Realities and Myths: A Practical Approach To Creating Meaningful Environments
• Section 2 Real estate dilemmas
• Office cultures: international differences in workplace design
• New real estate models to support distributed working
• Competing for the future of corporate real estate
• Section 3 The opportunities of information technology
• From the intelligent building to the distributed workplace
• Technology for a new office
• Section 4 Management responses
• Delivering the operational workplace
• Supporting organisational change
• Making change work
• Section 5 Working solutions
• Emerging building forms and accommodations solutions
• New Building Typologies or Distinctive Place Making
• Asia Pacific: A melting pot of global experience
• North American office design at the start of the new millennium
• The dynamic workplace: Scottish Enterprise Headquarters, Glasgow