Workplace Management & Human Factors
Niveau
Introductory & Advanced
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The participants:
• analyze spatial, ergonomic and psychological factors influencing workplaces and assess their effects on health, productivity and user satisfaction.
• develop workplace-related concepts such as activity-based working or flexible workplace models and examine their organizational and human implications.
• identify the requirements of different user groups and derive from these evidence-based design recommendations for workplace and floor-area concepts.
• identify the requirements of different user groups and derive from these evidence-based design recommendations for workplace and floor-area concepts.
• analyze spatial, ergonomic and psychological factors influencing workplaces and assess their effects on health, productivity and user satisfaction.
• develop workplace-related concepts such as activity-based working or flexible workplace models and examine their organizational and human implications.
• identify the requirements of different user groups and derive from these evidence-based design recommendations for workplace and floor-area concepts.
• identify the requirements of different user groups and derive from these evidence-based design recommendations for workplace and floor-area concepts.
Prerequisites for the course
none
Course content
- Workplace design from ergonomic, psychological and health-related perspectives
- Human factors in work environments
- Flexible workplace models
- Space typologies and floor-area concepts
- User experiences and feedback processes for evaluating workplaces and their continuous optimization
- Health, safety and comfort in work environments
- Change management in workplace transformations
- Human factors in work environments
- Flexible workplace models
- Space typologies and floor-area concepts
- User experiences and feedback processes for evaluating workplaces and their continuous optimization
- Health, safety and comfort in work environments
- Change management in workplace transformations
Recommended specialist literature
- Glatte, T. (2021). Corporate Real Estate Management. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32222-9
- Redlein, A., Höhenberger, C., & Turnbull, P. (2020). Workplace Management. In A. Redlein (Ed.), Modern Facility and Workplace Management (pp. 177–222). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35314-8_6
- Redlein, A., Höhenberger, C., & Turnbull, P. (2020). Workplace Management. In A. Redlein (Ed.), Modern Facility and Workplace Management (pp. 177–222). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35314-8_6
Assessment methods and criteria
Portfolio exam
Language
German
Number of ECTS credits awarded
3
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, group work
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2