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has been operating for a predetermined time period. If the build- ing performs as expected, the architect is paid the remainder ...

design evaluation is more likely to be done by design firms, theory develop- ment is more likely to be pursued in academic setti ...

Research in interior design can take one of two routes. The first is design evaluation... oriented toward real settings, especia ...

necessary, but not sufficient, condition for innovation. Other factors also matter, such as the nature of the work and how the o ...

morning. People moved files in portable holders and red wagons to the space where they wanted to work that day. There were team ...

INTEGRATING RESEARCH INTO THE PRACTICE OF INTERIOR DESIGN If research became If research became an integral part of the practice ...

The world that is presented to our senses would be overwhelming if it were not filtered through numerous psychological mechanism ...

OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH PROCESS AND METHODS The following sections The following sections focus on a variety of research methods an ...

An example may help. As noted earlier, organizations are very concerned with innovation, idea generation, and internal communica ...

ization. The degree and direction of change over time may be more relevant to organizational performance. Very few performance m ...

PART THREE PRACTICE 334 versus indirect measures of performance. Directmeasures include outputs such as sales volume. Indirectme ...

TIMING OF MEASUREMENT The measurements should be applied before the change and after. The “post” measures should be done six to ...

exist independently of the mind—that is, the features and characteristics of objects. For example, a person’s feelings about the ...

Identify what you want to find out and why. Develop questions only after you have outlined the information you need. Make sure ...

The authors hypothesized that people in windowless offices would use more photos and posters of nature objects or scenes as a wa ...

surveys provide an overall snapshot of organizational life from the employee perspective. The key drawback in conducting intervi ...

They can be used throughout the design phase and as a post-occupancy evaluation technique. At the beginning of a project, focus ...

PHYSICAL TRACES Physical trace analysis looks for evidence of how people use a space. It includes assessment of accumulation of ...

They found that workers in windowless spaces, as hypothesized, used significantly more décor with nature themes and surrogate vi ...

mented. Archival data can also be used to assess the impact of two different design treatments. In this circumstance, time-relat ...