what is an open plan; open plan are often large rooms with many people working in them. They all (workers)have their own desk and their own equipment but they share resources such as printers and filling cabinets
Advantages
teamwork; important in the
organisation, open plan will
encourage this by making it
easy for people o work
together in their team
screens between desks;
allowing a degree of
privacy. they are usually
movable to allow
maximum flexibility.
Disadvantages
one disadvantage is office telephone calls and conversations can
be overheard easily.
Concentration can be affected. not
all people find it easy to work they
can hear other peoples
conversation. its also easy to get
chatting to someone nearby
sharing printers and other hardware can be more cost effective. it can also result in time wasting.
What is a cellular office; traditional workplace organisation. each worker having their own office. offices have to be individually built and furnished, each office worker has their own equipment
Advantages
concentration on the task should be improved
they have their own office so there would be no distraction or any noise
disadvantages
disadvantage harder to monitor individual workers
this is the expensive option
Teamwork is harder as people work behind closed doors
what is Flexitime; an employee who works flexitime is allowed to vary their working schedule to fit in with their social or family requirements.
Employee is allowed to choose their own hours each day, provided that they complete the required total hours demanded by their employer for
the week or month
advantages
employee; commuting need not to be done at the busiest and most expansive time
possible for a parent to take their child to or collect them from school
motivated staff who take less time off work, which beneficial to workers
disadvantages
flexitime can be difficult to implement because, for example, customers expect to be able to contact employees during the normal working day
what is teleconferencing; an audio conference where one or both parties use a
speaker phone so that more than one person can be involved at each end of the
conversation
advantages
meetings can take place around the world with very little advance planning; people do not have to travel. saves money and a lot of time.
reduce the need for travel
sound and pictures from one location to another so that a live meeting can take place.