Future Workspace - Einzelansicht

Introduction:

The changing working world has many implications for all areas of life. Resulting from challenges like ”demographic change”, ”war of talent”, ”Gen Y” or ”aging force”, companies have slowly recognized the necessity of adapting their office work places to the changing needs of their workforce.

Regarding office work and office design, mobility, flexibility and work-life integration are relevant demands. For corporate real estate managers, workplace managers and workplace project leaders, the question arises which dimensions, parameters and success factors have to be taken into account when designing and implementing new working environments.

The seminar will use case studies for applying the concepts to an office space for office workers from the creative industry in Weimar.

Learning Outcomes:

 The students:

• acquire understanding of goals, trends, methods and processes of future workspace concepts

• experience the dimensions that must be taken into consideration when designing new workspace concepts

• learn to plan a standard office property for different future workspace concepts - theory and design of rooms and furniture that enable new types of work

• get to know the practical value of theory and models in applying them on problems of future workspace

• achieve understanding of the relationship between office environment, motivation and performance

• gain knowledge about the significance of leadership and learn methods how to steer through change management processes

• obtain the ability to apply gained theoretical knowledge and skills on practical case-studies, formulate concepts and strategies to prepare and present well-founded decisions

• practice individual as well as interdisciplinary team work while preparing the case studies

Module Outline:

• 03.04.2018 Introduction (with all further details concerning the course; division into groups for the upcoming case studies; attendance is mandatory for taking part in the course)

• 24.04.2018 Opening exam 1,0 h (relevant literature will be provided until beginning of April)

• Interactive lectures in which multiple external experts from renown companies will present different topics with high practical relevance. After the transfer of knowledge, the upcoming case study that relates to the presented topic will be introduced and presented to the students. Topics are:

     03.04.2018: Trends and changes in the office world: Focus on Human Resources and Human Relations

     24.04.2018: Knowledge-work locations and their characteristics

     08.05.2018: Planning and development of work environment and workspace /-place concepts
                        (will be presented in Chemnitz during a one-day excursion to a highly innovative redevelopment / office lab)

     22.05.2018: Planning and operations of workspace information, communication and collaboration technologies

     05.06.2018: Economic aspects of Future Workspace

     19.06.2018: Leadership and change management regarding workspace 

     03.07.2018: Presentation of the last case study and course wrap-up

• Five case-studies must be prepared by each group and turned in every two weeks after the related topic was presented

• At the beginning of each course two groups will present the requested case study. Afterwards the presented case-study will be discussed and the relevant external expert along with the IMWIM-Team will provide input on selected case-relevant issues.

Additional information:

Organization:

• Student workload: 35 h presence-study, 30 h exam preparation, 115 h self-study

• Course dates:  03.04.2018 / 24.04.2018, 15.15 – 18.30 08.05.2018, one-day excursion to Chemnitz, 08.00 – 17.00 22.05.2018 / 05.06.2018 / 19.06.2018 / 03.07.2018, 15.15 – 18.30

• Consultation dates: 10.04.2018 / 17.04.2018 / 15.05.2018 / 29.05.2018 / 12.06.2018 / 29.06.2018, 09.15 – 10.45

• Total: 21 students • Group size: 3 students • Subscription: until 02.04.2018 via Moodle

Opening exam (24.04.2018): 20 % (individual work)

Submission of all five case memos (is mandatory): 80 % (group work) (the four best rated case studies out of the five submitted cases will be considered for the valuation)

To guarantee an equal distribution of the work load among the team members during the course, a peer evaluation is considered as a corrective element