ARE YOU STARTING A NEW BUSINESS AND HAVE LIMITED OFFICE SPACE?
IS YOUR CURRENT BUSINESS OFFICE SPACE IN WORSE DISARRAY THAN A BACHELORS APARTMENT AFTER A STAG PARTY?
ARE STRUGGLING TO WORK EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE OF THE OFFICE SPACE?
Well here are a few ways How to Manage Office Space, to be efficient and flow like lava down a volcano’s side and be bring a profitable and positive vibe to your business:
- KNOW YOUR STAFF: by this we mean you cannot have staff that is claustrophobic working to close to others or staff that deals with very confidential information working in the open which can cause problems when information can be to easily accessed by others that are not privy to such information.
FOR EXAMPLE: Having an HR person in the middle of an office space or in a path of “flowing staff traffic” and or salary clerks, where the information they work on is confidential. They should be placed in their own corners and preferably behind closed doors so even if the staff does enter their space” knocking first protocols” gives them time to close or cover delicate information. - KNOW THE AMOUNT OF STAFF NEEDED KNOW & FOR THE FUTURE: never underestimate the success of your business, so make sure you have enough space for all your staff present and future especially if you are in a business that as it grows you will need more staff.
You don’t want a situation where your business success has you end up with staff “sitting on each other’s laps” until you rearrange or look How to Manage Office Space.
- KNOW THE AMOUNT & TYPE OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED & WHO USES IT: by this we mean if you use PC’s instead of laptops you need to more space if you have the use of printers, scanners, and or faxes (yes some companies still use these), go for the combination system that not only uses less space but you may only need one if set up through your network server or intranet, so the whole office can use it. Have it centralized so everyone that makes use of it has easy access to it.
- KNOW YOUR STORAGE SPACE REQUIRED AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE STORED WHERE AND WHEN: know what you need storing physically, like files and other much-needed paperwork and where to store it as in information that needs immediate access stored close by and others that only need access over a longer period can be stored off-premises in storage facilities.
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