- Author
-
Rubin, A. I.
- Title
- Interim Design Guidelines for Automated Offices.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- General Services Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 84-2908,
August 1984,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
-
office management; automation; design criteria; organization theory; office equipment; environmental engineering
- Abstract
- This report presents interim guidelines for the design of offices using automated technologies. The introduction of automated systems into offices has changed the office setting as a place to work. Architects and other design professionals have responded to this technology by formulating a variety of design strategies. This report identifies design issues which merit consideration in automated offices, tentative criteria for environments and systems based on an overview of all resources used to develop this document, and typical approaches used accomplish design goals. Technological, ergonomic and organizational factors are considered from the standpoint of design implications.