Office Recycling with a Good Deed: Donate Old Office Equipment for Charity
When upgrading your internal office equipment such as computers, monitors, laptops and printers, consider donating your old equipment to charity. It is both a good way of practicing recycling in the office (which is a growing trend towards corporate responsibility), and doing a good deed for the needy ones.
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November 2, 2007When your Home Office is where the Gang is
Gone are the days when your corporate office is restricted and only meant for your long day’s work. Now your home office furniture is often more accessible and more frequented by family and friends.
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Office Furniture for the Environment
Earth Share, a federation of America’s leading non-profit environmental and conservation charities, promotes environmental education and charitable giving in workplace payroll deduction campaigns. In this winter 1998 issue, Earth Share provides basic guidelines in observing environmental concern in the workplace.
The choices for buying ecofriendly desks, chairs, cabinets, shelves and other office furniture are plentiful. Here’s where you can start when making a new purchase:
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November 1, 2007Types of Office Chairs for the Workplace
Perhaps the essential office furniture of the ever progressive workplace, the office chair is now regarded as the defining indicator of one’s professional career. Being a major part of an employee’s day at work, the office chair speaks of one’s status. Executive office chairs, for example, adorn the room of the CEO. On the other hand, ergonomic and comfortable office chairs speak of dedicated and hardworking individuals. Without a doubt, office chairs are not just pieces of furniture. Today, they now define the nature of its occupants.
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Quick Tips on Organizing your Home Office
The amount of organization in your home office is going to directly impact the amount of productivity you have working at home. Here are some tips to organizing your home office furniture:
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October 31, 2007Shred Information Away with Office Furniture
Since there is a dramatic increase in the number of people being creative in trying to gain access to other people’s personal information, it is starting to look like paper shredders and other office furniture that does the similar function are now starting to become a must have in offices and other business establishments.
Using shredders may be the easiest of way to hide personal information from people who are trying to steal various pieces of information. Whether a huge business transaction, a contract, or a simple receipt coming from an ATM, this office furniture may be one of the safest and most convenient way to erase sensitive documents.
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October 30, 2007Increase Staff Productivity Through Office Furniture
It has been learned that work production is directly affected by employees’ attitudes towards their workspace and office furniture as well. In a recent study, researchers compared two workspaces, one of which is “free-range” and the other one is “battery”. The former set up is an office with an open layout and mobile communication devices. The latter, on the other hand, has slow machines and computers, cubicles and office furniture that are more stationary and outdated. To know how your business can achieve efficient production, here are some helpful facts according to research:
- A work area cluttered with office furniture and office equipments that are outdated and tampered has a negative effect as it decreases the company’s level of production.
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Consumers’ Take on Office Furniture Sustainability
Consumers’ buying patterns when it comes to office furniture have changed over the years, and now reflect environmental concerns. According to Gary Carr, Bisley’s Marketing Manager, customers seemed to be saying, “Don’t just give us a cabinet, give us corporate responsibility.”
However, this new buying behavior was not backed up by extensive knowledge and understanding regarding environmental issues.
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October 27, 2007Why Office Cubicles are a Thing of the Past
Increasingly done in most office area design plans is the removal of the cubicles. Cubicles are becoming not so popular anymore, therefore thought out to be a thing of the past in this generation of dynamic corporations.
In order to cut rental cost, businesses are conserving office space. The design in office work area is geared towards utilizing more space by getting rid of office cubicles. The priority now is to accommodate more office furniture. Better ergonomically-designed space-saving furniture are replacing the cubicles.
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Women’s Desks are Dirtier in the Office
Who says that women are the tidier specie?
Research showed that men had cleaner office desks than women. This is according to Professor Charles Gerba from the University of Arizona. Men have three to four times cleaner desks than women do.
This may due to the fact women keep food in their desk drawers. Findings also show that women’s cosmetics and skincare products invite bacteria to travel around, thus, resulting to a more bacteria or dirt-infested office desk. It was also confirmed that women are more likely to be interacting with kids. And we all know how kids can be messy at times.
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