Essays on Cubicles

The working environment where employees are expected to function in is expected to produce the most efficient work systems that the employees could use in consideration with the position they are taking note of. The responsibilities they handle and their capacity to complete such roles depend so much on how external environmental factors allow them to complete such tasks. Relatively, during the interview, this particular aspect of innovative architecture has been carried into account.

One specific matter that was given focus during the interview was the before and after application of the concepts of innovative architecture. One aspect involves ...

The City and State

Michel Foucault on Visibility and Power Power analysis is one of the fundamental aspects of Michael Foucault’s philosophical writings. He interprets the power based on the relationship that it creates between society and the institutions in it. Foucault differentiates his idea of power from that fronted by the Marxist. The Marxists view power as a tool of oppression and a form of repression (Foucault 1977, 3). He asserts that the power is not a possession of institutions that can be used and abused for the pleasure of the beholder. The Instead, Foucault focuses on the power, how it is acquired, ...

Introduction

This essay is a case analysis of the film Office Space. The essay presents the critical factors at Initech that cause Peter and the employees to feel so frustrated in their jobs. The essay gives recommendations on how those factors have been improved or eliminated. Herzberg demonstrates that the quality of motivation, physical conditions, benefits, salaries and company policies influence the motivation of workers. Maslow explains that self-actualization is the most important need at any workplace. The company denies the employees an opportunity to achieve their needs. The management should use dialogic communication instead of top-down communication. The Core issue ...

Settings and Participants

It was 10:00 am at the mall. The office of the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) was packed with people. As one enters the office several cubicles could be seen at the far end. Its occupants were not visible, only the back portions of computers and filing cabinets faced the row of chairs occupied by clients waiting for their numbers to be called. The right portion had several rows of cashier. In the left portion was another room with seats for driver’s license written tests. All counters and cubicles had screens at the top showing the current number ...

Within the last few weeks, much debate has arisen because of the announcement by the CEO of Yahoo that workers who have been telecommuting will soon have to begin working only from Yahoo physical offices instead. The debate focuses on the reasons for this change in policy, but much of the debate has raised questions about the benefits of telecommuting. One need only look at the comments section of several online articles about this change at Yahoo to see that many people who telecommute assert that they work much more productively at home, while others cling to their beliefs ...