Facilities change management

Modern organisations are subject to continual change - technologies evolve, organisational structures are modified, people and underlying cultures are transformed. Yet the facilities that organisations occupy are static and can impede the changes that are essential to organisational survival. The response to change in terms of property and support services is often too little too late - leading to facilities that do not support organisational reality. The facilities management team is thus constantly challenged to bridge the gap between what an organisation has and what it needs. Facil.

Facilities Change Management; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 Facilities Change Management in Context; Chapter Overview; 1.1 Forces of Change Affecting the Built Environment; 1.2 Inertia and Change; 1.3 Understanding the S-curve; 1.4 The Context of Change; 1.4.1 State Versus Direction; 1.5 Facilities Management and the Business of Change; 1.6 The Scope of Facilities Change Management; 1.7 Replacing Like with Unlike; 1.8 The Intelligent Client; 1.9 The Change Management Cycle; 1.9.1 Recognise; 1.9.2 Evaluate; 1.9.3 Adjust; 1.9.4 Carry Out; 1.9.5 Track; 1.9.6 Treasure; 1.10 Summary

4.2 The Dynamic Relation of Facilities Management Variables and Growth Firms4.3 The External Factors Relevant to FM; 4.4 External Factors Relevant to FM Requirements; 4.5 Discerning the Relevance of Needs; 4.6 Summary; References; 5 The Business of Space; Chapter Overview; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Space as a Business Resource; 5.1.2 Technology and Its Impact on the Corporate Workplace; 5.2 Context of Space Planning and Management; 5.2.1 Business Management and Economic Drivers; 5.2.2 Business Planning and Space Planning; 5.3 Strategic Space Planning -- The Accommodation Strategy

5.4 Assessing Demand -…