Title |
A study on the Awareness and Needs of Employees in Office work Environment |
Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to examine the current office work environment and suggest the needs for improvement the quality and efficiency of work. To fulfill this task, information describing various environmenatal conditions was gathered from generally large offices in Pusan and Major cities in Kyoungnam. Data were collected on questionnaire`s general information, lighting, air quality, temperature, health problems, noise and equipment arrangements, and the size of workspace. The extent to which the attitudes and behaviors of workers were related to these environmental conditions was then examined and scrutinized. According to the development of office automation, the interest in improvement of office environment become increased. Workstation size, individual environmental control, health care, adequate storage space and noise control should be recognized as critical to the worker`s environmental satisfaction. Finally, based on the results of this study, a number of recommendations can be made for alleviating some of the problems that have been identified. Designers should be interested in knowing if their environments actually function in the manner in which they were intended. |