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The green workplace :

By: Stringer, Leigh.
Material type: TextTextEdition: 1st ed.Description: xix, 236 pages : illustrations.ISBN: 9780230614284; 0230614280.Subject(s): Industrial management | Work environment | Organizational change | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 658.4083 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
The case for change -- The global picture -- Greening the organization -- Your green road map -- Encouraging green behavior -- Green recruiting -- Leveraging technology -- Greening operations -- Transformative design -- Changing when, where, and how you work -- The green workplace of the future
Summary: As 21st century companies realize they'll need to be green to compete, sustainable ideas are spreading like wildfire throughout all fields of modern business. In this book, the author, an expert on sustainable workplace design and strategy, shows companies on the cusp of radically transforming their practices how to bring together diverse teams and establish new organizational governance for creative problem solving in greening their workplace. Her hands on green strategies are based on concrete and cost effective changes such as: working from home, ways to cut commuting costs, video conferencing to cut down on travel, increasing access to natural light to save energy, and more. She also explains how managers can implement these changes smoothly and efficiently. In solving key problems, she shows companies how a green business reduces costs, increases productivity, improves recruiting and retention, and increases shareholder value, in addition to benefiting the environment
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The case for change -- The global picture -- Greening the organization -- Your green road map -- Encouraging green behavior -- Green recruiting -- Leveraging technology -- Greening operations -- Transformative design -- Changing when, where, and how you work -- The green workplace of the future

As 21st century companies realize they'll need to be green to compete, sustainable ideas are spreading like wildfire throughout all fields of modern business. In this book, the author, an expert on sustainable workplace design and strategy, shows companies on the cusp of radically transforming their practices how to bring together diverse teams and establish new organizational governance for creative problem solving in greening their workplace. Her hands on green strategies are based on concrete and cost effective changes such as: working from home, ways to cut commuting costs, video conferencing to cut down on travel, increasing access to natural light to save energy, and more. She also explains how managers can implement these changes smoothly and efficiently. In solving key problems, she shows companies how a green business reduces costs, increases productivity, improves recruiting and retention, and increases shareholder value, in addition to benefiting the environment

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