Focus on Vocabulary Chapter 9: How office space affects behaviour

Short answer
1.

Why are employers interested in changing the design of office space?

(para 1)
________________________________________________________________________

Multiple choice answer: choose the best answer.

2. Which of the following is true about how the area of an office is divided?
(para 2)
a. The more important an individual is, the larger his office will be.
b. The least important employee has the smallest space.
c. The office space is ranked hierarchically.
d. The focus is no longer on the individual.
3. IBM and General Motors are examples of. (para 4)
a. how personal office space has shrunk.
b. why a section manager was better than an unit manager.
c. companies whose space was organised by seniority.
d. how managerial rank has little difference on the size of office.
4. According to the article, how the office furniture is arranged can affect
___________. (para 7)
a. absenteeism
b. office relationships
c. promotions
d. office crime
5. Which factor is NOT mentioned when distributing office space?
a. How many square meters the office has per individual.
b. How close workers are to one another.
c. How much time each worker spends in the office.
d. How much flexibility there is to interact with one another.
e. How much interaction is needed for maximum productivity.

True False Not Given

6. Privacy used to be provided by rooms with doors.
7. The division of private space within an office has caused controversy.
8. Most white collar workers prefer working in cubes to working in private
offices.
9. All workers at Microsoft, Apple and Adobe only work in private offices
because of their need to concentrate.
10.In order to share private space needed only occasionally companies are
now booking out rooms in local hotels.
11.Hoteling reduces employee-interaction.

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12.Unscheduled meetings and opportunities to meet casually during the day

help employees feel more connected to each other and the company.
13.Everyone needs some private space.
14.Since the office redesign, employee productivity at Amoco has improved
by at least 25% overall.
15.The article suggests office jobs are becoming more social than they were in
the past.

What do the following words mean?

1. 2: That, however no longer seems true.
2. 3: __________ has shrunk by 25 50 per cent.
3. 3: This change is due in part to economics.
4. 5: ...rather than giving it to specific individuals
5. 5: These public spacescan be used
6. 12: .is a strong one.
7. 13: it makes certain behaviors easier or harder to perform
8. 13: In this way
9. 13: Such jobs are best done
10.13: This is probably best achieved

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Focus on Vocabulary unit 9 ANSWER KEY

1.

Why are employers interested in changing the design of office space?

(para 1)
To change the attitude and behaviour of employees

2. Which of the following is true about how the area of an office is divided
today? (para 2)
a. The more important an individual is, the larger his office will be.
b. The least important employee has the smallest space.
c. The office space is ranked hierarchically.
d. The focus is no longer on the individual.
3. IBM and General Motors are examples of. (para 4)
a. how personal office space has shrunk.
b. why a section manager was better than an unit manager.
c. companies whose space was organised by seniority.
d. how managerial rank has little difference on the size of office.
4. According to the article, how the office furniture is arranged can affect
(para 7)
a. absenteeism
b. office relationships
c. promotions
d. office crime
5. Which factor is NOT mentioned when distributing office space
a. How many square meters the office has per individual.
b. How close workers are to one another.
c. How much time each worker spends in the office.
d. How much flexibility there is to interact with one another.
e. How much interaction is needed for maximum productivity.

True False Not Given

6. Privacy used to be provided by rooms with doors. T para 9
7. The division of private space within an office has caused controversy. T
8. Most white collar workers prefer working in cubes to working in private
offices. NG
9. All workers at Microsoft, Apple and Adobe only work in private offices
because of their need to concentrate. F para 10
10.In order to share private space needed only occasionally companies are
now booking out rooms in local hotels. F
11.Hoteling reduces employee-interaction. T
12.Unscheduled meetings and opportunities to meet casually during the day
help employees feel more connected to each other and the company. T
13.Everyone needs some private space. NG

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14.Since the office redesign, employee productivity at Amoco has improved

by at least 25% overall. NG
15.The article suggests office jobs are becoming more social than they were in
the past. T

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Answers:

1. The higher the

individual, the larger
the office
2. Personal office space
3. Reduction in
personal office space
4. Extra office space
5. Extra space for
meeting
6. Desire
7. Work space
8. how work space is
designed

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9. jobs requiring quiet/

affected by noise or
constant
interruptions / needing
more concentration
10. regular
interaction/ maximum
productivity

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