A PROFESSIONAL APPROACH TO FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The facilities department in larger organisations has recently become the focus of greater recognition, as a consequence of widespread acceptance of the fact that good working environments matter and the realisation that the costs of providing them are now second only to personnel costs. What used to be a necessary yet expensive and low‐status department has become a vital component of the organisation with short lines of communication to the chief executive. The shift in focus is also a consequence of the high‐tech building boom in the South‐east. Large new buildings equipped with intelligent systems carry with them the burden of high occupancy costs and heavy funding and depreciation.

Citation

de Lucy, J. (1988), "A PROFESSIONAL APPROACH TO FACILITIES MANAGEMENT", Facilities, Vol. 6 No. 11, pp. 6-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb006465