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Organisation of facilities management in relation to core business
Per Anker JensenThe purpose of this article is to clarify the organisational relationships between facilities management (FM) and core business (CB) and how these relationships vary for strategic…
A strategic standpoint on maintenance taxonomy
Khashayar Khazraei, Jochen DeuseMaintenance, an essential element of facilities management and a fundamental requisite for increasing availability and sustaining stable processes, has been the focus of technical…
Outsourcing of housing services in Hong Kong: optimization of transaction value
Terence Y.M. LamOutsourcing is now a common strategy for delivery of property services. Recent reviews of empirical literature find support for the efficiency and cost savings from outsourcing is…
The influence of facility layout on operations explored
Emma Zijlstra, Mark P. MobachThe purpose of this study is to explore the influence of an office canteen layout on operations, specifically on customer behaviour before checkout, waiting times, and congestion.
Enhancing facilities management through generational awareness
Paulette Hebert, Sylvia ChaneyFacilities management centers on the triad of people, process, and place, but the element of people is incomplete without recognition and consideration of the different…
ISSN:
1472-5967Online date, start – end:
2002Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Michael Pitt