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Rethinking Sustainability in Facilities and Workplace Management by Frans Melissen, Bert Smit, Vitalija Danivska, Andrew Mzembe, Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Rethinking Sustainability in Facilities and Workplace Management about?

This book discusses sustainability within the facility management industry. However, it is not another anthology of so-called best practices and the seemingly endless range of certification schemes. It is also not a (marketing) guide on how to communicate high-pitched sustainability ambitions to potential customers to increase (short-term) market share. Instead, this book is based on the realisation that most facility management businesses and departments actually find it hard to truly integrate sustainability into their strategies, tactics and day-to-day operations in a coherent way. It is also based on the reference point that sustainable development cannot be realised only through technological advancements and new procedures; it requires new behavioural patterns of people. Not only of your own employees, as a supplier or department, but also of those for whom you design, stage and manage optimal workplace experiences. Those patterns will not emerge from nowhere but need to be purposely created and cultivated, based on a thorough understanding of what people and organisations need, want and desire. Through reviewing specific barriers and opportunities related to practical situat

Who reads Rethinking Sustainability in Facilities and Workplace Management?

Author

Frans Melissen, Bert Smit, Vitalija Danivska, Andrew Mzembe, Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781000643404

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Business, Architecture, Management