Facilities: Volume 17 Issue 7/8

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NHS facilities management: a prescription for change

Trevor Payne, David Rees

The role of facilities management in the delivery of effective healthcare is linked to the recent growth of facilities management in the NHS in the UK. Research has shown the…

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Achieving best value from information systems: a case study of information systems analysis for a local authority property department

Chris Garbett, Frank Baldwin

This paper is a case study methodology which was developed to investigate the overall information management within a local authority land and buildings department. Areas of…

803

Management‐by‐variance as a facilities management performance assessment technique (summary only)

John Hinks, Peter McNay

The need to establish key performance indicators for facilities management (FM) is well recognised. However, difficulties in establishing universally‐accepted definitions of the…

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The impact of lecture theatre design on learning experience

David Fleming, John Storr

This exploratory research investigates the issues surrounding the impact of lecture facilities on the student learning experience. Given the growing administrative significance of…

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Open‐plan measures in the determination of facilities space management

Benedict D. Ilozor, Jacob O. Oluwoye

Presents findings from research on open‐plan measures in the determination of facilities space management. The aim of the research is to determine the impact of open‐plan measures…

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Developing a framework of competencies for facilities management

Eddie Clark, Lynda Hinxman

The facilities management profession has emerged in the latter half of this century in parallel with the technological revolution. A need to establish career and development…

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Integration of modern HRM practices across contractor boundaries in FM

Dave Bowers, Fari Akhlaghi

The paper reports an investigation of the premise that modern HRM practices ‐ used to encourage and motivate the workforce of an organisation ‐ can be extended to the peripheral…

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An evaluation of programmes for staff motivation in NHS and hotel ancillary staff

Louise Smith

The study was concerned with investigating the most effective means of motivating low waged workers in the UK’s private and public sectors. Levels of job satisfaction, as an…

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Multi‐skilling for success

Liz Clark

Attempts to introduce multi‐skilled “hotel services” workers in several NHS trusts have been studied using Scott‐Morgan’s Unwritten Rules of the Game methodology. In‐depth…

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Cover of Facilities

ISSN:

0263-2772

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Joseph Lai
  • Dr Sarel Lavy