At 01:36 PM 6/6/02, Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 04:40 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Redesigning workplaces > > > > > > If you had a free hand to make any changes to your workplace > > (including the architecture, the available tools, the > > management structure, the methodologies, the atmosphere and > > so on), what would you change to make yourself happier and > > more productive? What things are being done just right and so > > don't need changing? > > comfy chairs, formed & adjustable desks, task lighting instead of >cruddy florec's, adequate HVAC that works, That condition will only be satisfied when every employee has a private office with an individually adjustable thermostat, plus outlets with enough capacity to handle space heaters, electric blankets, and fans brought from home (and no regulations limiting their use). IOW, last night, as at almost every other class meeting, some students (mostly male) were complaining that the classroom was too hot and stuffy, and other students (mostly female) were complaining that the room was too cold--in fact, I've actually had students leave at the mid-class break to go back to their cars to get a jacket or to their dorm rooms and return with a blanket. At least I have an explanation for this phenomenon which has puzzled mankind and womankind for ages. Actually, it was author John Gray who provided the critical clue in the title of his best-known book. On Mars, the temperature rarely gets above the freezing point of water, whereas on Venus, the temperature is over 800�F. No wonder, then, that Earth is always going to be too cold for women and too hot for men . . . >and a closed space with a low ceiling - I'm tired of echos. How about the noise from the rest of the corral coming over the partitions separating the cubicles, or through the thin walls used in some so-called "private" offices? -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions contained herein are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent the official position of the University of Montevallo.
