- Author
-
Rubin, A. I.
- Title
- Office Design Measurements for Productivity: A Research Overview.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- General Services Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBSIR 87-3688
December 1987
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
-
productivity; office buildings; design criteria; human factors engineering
- Identifiers
- office automation
- Abstract
- The Public Building Service of the General Services Administration sponsored the present investigation to: Determine the effects of building design, and 'high quality design' in particular, on productivity/Determine the state of the art of productivity measurement, applicable to the study of office tasks/Identify the various factors that influence productivity to better determine those which can be attributed to design issues. The study is primarily based on a comprehensive literature search of 15 data bases, supplemented by personal contacts with specialists on the topic. The report reviews and distills the major findings of more than 550 publications.