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Facilities Manager's Desk Reference
By: Jane M. WigginseBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
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In the course of their work, the facilities manager will face a range of complex and often challenging tasks, sometimes concerned with a single business premises, often across an entire property portfolio. To help with those tasks, the Facilities Manager's Desk Reference provides the facilities manager with an invaluable source of highly relevant, practical information on the all the principal facilities management services, as well as information on legal compliance issues, the development of strategic policies and tactical best practice information.
With a clear practitioner perspective the book covers both hard and soft facilities management issues and is presented in an easy to read, concise format. The Facilities Manager's Desk Reference will be a first point of reference for all busy facilities managers and will save them time by providing access to the information needed to ensure the safe, effective and efficient running of any facilities function. It will also serve as a useful overview for students studying for their professional and academic qualifications in facilities management.
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| Title of Business & Economics eBook: Facilities Manager's Desk Reference | |
| Release Date: 05-20-2010 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell |
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Facilities Manager's Desk Reference
Chapter One
History of Facilities Management
1.1 Origins of facilities management
The origins of facilities management (FM) can be traced to an era of scientific management and the subsequent explosion in office administration in the early 1900s. The main catalyst in the 1960s towards FM was the introduction of computers in the workplace. The energy crisis in the 1970s brought home the importance of cost-in-use and the need to better manage costs associated with premises that support the organisation's business. As the pace of change has speeded up and as new technologies have been adopted, FM has developed and expanded in the more recent decades.
1.2 A Brief history of FM
FM owes its origin to the growth of office administration bringing together large groups of people into buildings. The introduction of computers into the workplace was a major catalyst for change in the workplace.
1960s era
The 1960s could claim to be the first period in the history of FM. This was when the term 'Facilities Management' was first coined by Ross Perot of EDS in the USA. At that time, it was associated with the trends affecting the management of IT systems and networks. However, quite soon, the scope of FM had expanded to include system/modular furniture and office design.
1970s era
The energy crisis of the 1970s forced organisations to analyse critically their true cost base. Also during the 1970s, office furniture manufacturers, such as Herman Miller and Steelcase, were developing ever more sophisticated furniture systems. The problem was that the new office furniture was ahead of office design. I
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