Keep The Office Quiet

The most productive employees and companies have quiet and private offices. They have phones that can be silenced or diverted. They are insulated from regular, nonbusiness interruptions. Contrast this with the general industry movement toward open, landscaped offices, which reduce physical plant cost but dramatically decrease productivity and quality. Of course, the usual management line is that such an arrangement "facilitates communication." Not true. It "facilitates interruption and noise."


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