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The Ultimate Handbook for Remote Work from Home Jobs

Allwork

In an era where rush-hour commutes are becoming relics and kitchen counters transform into cubicles, the traditional workspace is undergoing an extraordinary metamorphosis. Industries such as information technology, healthcare, education, marketing, and customer service are just a few domains where remote work flourishes.

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Peace and quiet at work? Here are ten of the best and most far out solutions

Workplace Insight

The Cubicle The post war business environment and the advent of mechanised office work in the 1950s and 60s proved to be the perfect breeding ground for open plan offices to flourish. At the heart of this new building was a main street with cafes, quiet spaces, private rooms, informal meeting areas and libraries.

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Workplace design and the corrective force of rediscovery

Workplace Insight

A descent into order Both historically and currently workplace designers and managers have sought ways to improve the flows of information and people around a building. The dark side of this is that not all organizations are intelligent and progressive. ” This is a chaotic system descending into order.

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Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? Heres the story I did for Gannett: Could a union be coming soon to a cubicle near you?

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3 Ways to Handle Nosy Co-Workers

On The Job

In the workplace we often form friendships -- some of them very close -- and as a result we share details of our lives. The woman in the next cubicle, for example, knows that your teenager is getting into trouble and your husband lost his job last week. Still, the woman down the hall is nosy.

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How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe

Workplace Insight

The resultant idea of Bürolandschaft (German for office landscape ) applied organic forms to create something they considered more humane and natural. He shared the Schelle’s yearning for egalitarianism and human focussed design and once bemoaned that ‘the cubiclizing of people in modern corporations is monolithic insanity’.

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Are Extroverts Misunderstood?

On The Job

In response, she formed a group of about seven extroverted friends that she calls her "Board of Extroverts," to let them offer more information on how they feel about issues and why they react the way they do. "I But all that talking means they may sometimes fail to listen to teammates, and miss key information.

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