New Workplace Model (12-23-09)

People who design work environments or objects used in them will find Knoll’s new conceptual model of the workplace through provoking.  The model is described in full at the website noted below.  Its authors describe it as having “two main components:  work modes, and work flow between the modes and workspaces.  Central to the model is the notion of ‘workplace integration,’ which is the ease with which work can flow between the various work modes.”  O’Neill and Wymer feel that the material they present “provide[s] strong evidence that better workspace integration leads to enhanced performance of employees.”

Michael O’Neill and Tracy Wymer.  2009.  “Design for Integrated Work.”  http://www.knoll.com/research