Graduation Year
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.L.A.
Degree Granting Department
Liberal Studies
Major Professor
Frederick Steier, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Alexander Ratensky, M. Arch.
Committee Member
Janetta Mitchell McCoy, Ph.D.
Keywords
Architectural research, Strategic planning, Real estate management, Interior architecture, Environmental psychology, Human capital, Knowledge management
Abstract
This thesis takes a phenomenological approach to the examination of the organizational need for shared office space. Questions are developed in a reflexive narrative that introduces challenges to the assumption that space is a given in organizations. The narrative also uses the process of questioning this basis assumption to develop a new understanding of the role of space in organizations in supporting the development of common language needed for the creation of organizational knowledge. Key ideas from systems theory, autopoiesis, organizational theory, semiotics, and psychology are utilized as resources developing the ideas.
Scholar Commons Citation
Gobes-Ryan, Sheila, "Organizational Office Space in the Virtual Age: The Role of Shared Space in Communication" (2003). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1372
