Managing the Risks of Productivity Environments
Providing productivity environments is not a particularly risky activity, but the few risks involved are worth noting.
Lost productivity from status-oriented office improvements. One hazard of stepping up to providing Productivity Environments is that management might treat the improvement in the office environment as a status upgrade instead of a productivity upgrade. In some organizations, private offices are status symbols, and management sometimes interprets developers' lobbying for private offices as lobbying for improved status. As a result, organizations sometimes spend money on cosmetic improvements that don't improve productivity—and that sometimes damage it. Management might upgrade the ...
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