EVALUATION OF OFFICE SPACE PLANNING STRATEGIES AND WORKERS’ CREATIVITY IN THE DESIGN OF MICROSOFT OFFICE BUILDING IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
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In recent years, organisations have increasingly focused on better ways to enhance employee creativity at the office, specifically in the information technology industry. Different space planning strategies in the design an office space have been implemented by different organisations, with various implications for workers’ creativity. This study
aims to evaluate the space planning strategies and its influence on workers creativity with a view to designing a digital work environment for Microsoft. Copies of questionnaire and observation guide were used to collect data for the study. Data was gathered from four Information Technology (I T) companies in and around Lagos, Nigeria. According to the findings, space planning strategies such as the use of an enclosed private office for a single occupant and shared occupants alongside open offices with panel/divider partitions and other significant factors influenced workers creativity in the office space. The specific aspects of creativity that were influenced by space planning strategies were intuitiveness, imagination; and exploring and investigating. The space planning strategies that were identified as enhancers of creativity were incorporated in the design of a digital work environment.
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