The frustrating disruptions that come with working in an open-plan office can play havoc with our concentration. How do you get around it, without being rude? There’s no such thing as a quiet day at ...

Microsoft Office remains a powerful platform among office suites. However, with the rise of free alternative office suites like LibreOffice and Apache’s OpenOffice to Microsoft Office, the question ...

The evidence for the perils of open offices isn’t just anecdotal; there is a host of research backing it, too. Here’s what science has to say about how open plan offices impair the way we work ...

In 1967 chemical company DuPont gutted a floor of an office building in Delaware and rebuilt it. The firm put almost everyone into one big room with low partitions. In one corner, they provided a ...

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that open-plan offices are all the rage in workplaces across the U.S. They bring up visions of aesthetically pleasing spaces with rows of desks ...

This guide was reviewed by a Business News Daily editor to ensure it provides comprehensive and accurate information to aid your buying decision. Open offices have become a ubiquitous hallmark of ...

Maybe open office spaces have initiated the halcyon days of productivity, or perhaps they’re a harbinger of workplace productivity doom. It all depends on whom you ask. Open offices were meant to be ...

They can be noisy and distracting or depressingly quiet, and frictions with co-workers are guaranteed - so why do so many of us continue to work in open-plan offices? In the spring of 1962, a ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Dysfunctional offices can raise employee stress levels, trigger more sick leaves, and promote anxiety and depression. Staff may also ...

Workplace design has undergone a radical transformation in the last several decades, with approximately seventy percent of today’s modern offices now converted to open plans. However, despite growing ...

It’s not just loud and sniffly, open offices are actually hurting our brains. Now some businesses are bringing back walls and doors. Four years ago, Chris Nagele did what many other technology ...

In 1973, my high school, Acton-Boxborough Regional, in Acton, Massachusetts, moved to a sprawling brick building at the foot of a hill. Inspired by architectural trends of the preceding decade, the ...