Re:The Open-Office Trap
by gcb0 on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @06:32PM
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if you actually read the papers they mention (and others) you will notice that people that defend it are often:
1) mislead by the initial sense of acomplishment and better communication.
it is like working in a war room. you get tons of stuff done, but it is crazy, stressful and you have lots of people working on a little thing that demands attention. your return for all those people is actually less, but you need a war room in some situations.
open office work the same way. you get a initial difficult thing done. but at the usual high cost of having lots of people working on it and ignoring/half-assing others.
2) people like micro-management.
there is no denying. open office plans and war rooms are perfect for the micro manager boss.
1) mislead by the initial sense of acomplishment and better communication.
it is like working in a war room. you get tons of stuff done, but it is crazy, stressful and you have lots of people working on a little thing that demands attention. your return for all those people is actually less, but you need a war room in some situations.
open office work the same way. you get a initial difficult thing done. but at the usual high cost of having lots of people working on it and ignoring/half-assing others.
2) people like micro-management.
there is no denying. open office plans and war rooms are perfect for the micro manager boss.