- Author
-
Rubin, A. I.
- Title
- Revised Interim Design Guidelines for Automated Offices.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- General Services Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBSIR 86-3430,
August 1986,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
-
office management; automation; ergonomics; design criteria; organization theory; office equipment; environmental engineering
- Identifiers
- workstations; communication systems
- Abstract
- The report is an update of an earlier design guideline (NBSIR 84-2908). It is based upon an additional literature search and interviews. The information should still be considered tentative, since they are still based on judgement and practice, not formal studies. The introduction of automation into offices has changed the office as a workplace. Architects and other design professionals have responded to this technology by employing a number of design strategies. This report identifies design issues which merit consideration by the designer and suggests criteria and approaches that might be used in automated office design. Technological, ergonomic and organizational factors are all considered from the standpoint of their design implications. The present document is a major revision of the earlier study, including more than twice the number of reference documents than its predecessor.