By Martin Hodulak

This publication is ready the at present evolving worldwide standardization of company place of work types and the demanding situations this poses for his or her implementation in a neighborhood context.

In contemporary years, multinational enterprises have been more and more engaged within the improvement of standardized worldwide office types. for his or her implementation and feasibility, it's decisive as how those criteria healthy the various neighborhood office cultures. This subject was once pursued during a examine undertaking, evaluating tested places of work in Germany, united states and Japan opposed to international office criteria of firm corporations.

The research proven the predicted variations between neighborhood places of work and nonetheless a main mainstream between international company office criteria. Conspicuous in spite of the fact that, are the elemental changes among neighborhood types and company criteria. For the implementation of world criteria in neighborhood context, this means a number of demanding situations on cultural, organizational and spatial point. The research findings offer info for assessing present initiatives and pinpointing optimization measures. The research framework additional offers a device to discover and examine wishes and regulations for the improvement of destiny office models.

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Work-life approach – Current information technologies and HR policies of numerous organizations enable employees to work independently of regular working hours and outside the corporate site. The traditional distinction of work and leisure as well as of corporate time and private time is becoming blurred and more enmeshed. 4). The boundaries of workspace and work environment do not end at the gate of the corporate site, but are expanding. An approach to integrate work issues and private issues can empower workers to organize their daily private and work routines in a better way.

The expectations of Japanese employees are low in comparison to German and US workers. Again, this is reflected by the national office concepts which are open and where the primary level of territory shrinks to a desk and a chair. Some employees go as far as to deny territory by keeping their desks free of any personal items. This is intended to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism (Nagy, 2004). 18 19 For Japan, Chinese values were used, although we are well aware of the cultural differences between these two nationalities.

46 3 Local Workplaces The expectations of employees in the US range between the expectations of their Japanese and German colleagues. Despite cubicle office concepts, which are more corporate than employee-driven, employees strive for privacy. This is achieved either by high partitioning walls or by enclosed private offices. 2 Communication and Collaboration In general, communication and collaboration range high on the priority list of what new workplaces should enable and support. This expectation is shared by both sides, that of both employers and employees.

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