Importance of surrounding environment at work place

Human is a social animal. We are mostly dependant on the surrounding environment. Based on the environment, human beings undergo psychological and behavioral. Our responses highly depend on the environment we are living or working in. As a result, people have started giving utmost importance to making their surrounding environment comfortable. The comfort is not only limited to your home, but also to your work place. It stands to reason that the office environment can dramatically change the way we react to the world, and our perceptions of the world around us. In today’s world, work places have become second home and we spend a large amount of our time in the office. Our social life revolves around the people that work with us rather than our friends and relatives. Out personal life is replaced by aspects of our work life at a fast pace. As a result, the design of the office environment has become a management issue, as it can make the difference between high or low performance, productivity and profits.

To make the office an ideal world the interior of the office plays a crucial role. The way our office environment is designed, our performance affects accordingly. Except for a handful of companies, most of the offices require teamwork and healthy interaction with each other. This factor decides how quickly the work done in the quickest time, at the lowest cost, whilst maintaining the highest quality, motivation and morale. In the real world however, while we can't make things perfect, research and experience have clearly identified a number of important facts about office design that can help to create an environment that moves closer to this ideal state.

In order to achieve healthy and productive work environment, breaking down permanent barriers i.e. removing walls is important. Removing walls does not necessary mean to make the employees work in a big hall. You can still remove the barriers virtually by installing office wall partitions made up of glass. With these transparent walls, you can create a bigger physical space, or more importantly, can remove the feeling of space and not being confined. This way they can function in groups. With the help of such virtual boundaries, active communications like face to face consultation will increase. This surely helps the employees interact with each other openly.

However, there are some places where you would like to have some privacy, like conference halls and meeting rooms. Here too, you can achieve the sense of openness without compromising on privacy. For this, you can use frameless sliding glass doors. Cross functional smaller communities will begin to form, and an overall feeling of being part of a larger community will develop. You can bring people together, and have more of a chance to pull together with the help of these ‘invisible’ walls.