"The design and comfort of the work environment may not be priority issues for many employers in these straitened times but, as Tim Oldman points out, failure to appreciate the damaging effect on productivity of mediocre workplaces can cost businesses dear.Of the subjects most likely to fuel vociferous discussion among workplace designers, strategists, managers and owners, ‘productivity' is surely the most recurrent, i.e. do the design and management of a workplace affect the productivity of those it accommodates?"

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