The core or critical components of building operations and maintenance, real estate management and strategic plans, human and environmental factors, project management, space planning, finance, quality assessment are the most critical areas of facilities management. As companies seek to create a more collaborative work place, each of these systems are being integrated into other subsystems, departments, workflows and process areas. In the case of hospitality companies, the highly integrative nature of these subsystems are global in scope, often reaching across multiple time zones, cultures and as a result, drastically different customer expectations as to their performance (Parry, Collins, 1993). Each of these key areas of facilities management mentioned are monitored as subsystems and have analytics associated with them. Yet many hospitality companies have found that this approach to just measuring per-area performance in facilities management is not enough (Nick, 1993). Just measuring these facilities management systems is isolation is being…...
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References
Atkinson, Ann, Branch, Cindi, & LaHatte, Greg. (1987). Training for Excellence. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 28(1), 15.
Tony Halim, Kanesan Muthusamy, Sie Yong Chia, & Shao Wei Lam. (2011). A systems approach in the evaluation and comparison of engineering services applied in facilities management. Facilities, 29(3/4), 114-132.
Xianhai Meng. (2011). Performance measurement models in facility management: a comparative study. Facilities, 29(11/12), 472-484.
Johns, Nick. (1993). Quality management in the hospitality industry: Part 3 - Re. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 5(1), 10.
(FEMA, 2006)
Facility planning is inclusive of the preparation of short- and long-term facility plans. Comprehensive facility projects include the following:
1) New construction;
2) Additions to existing buildings;
3) Renovations of existing buildings;
4) Building systems replacements;
5) Building systems repairs;
6) Scheduled maintenance; and 7) Building disposition (change of use, sale, and demolition). (FEMA, 2006)
Hotel Bur Al Arab in Dubai
Building construction in Dubai is innovative, inspiring and characterized by adaptability to the environment. For example hotel Bur Al Arab in Dubai is the tallest structure in the world "with a membrane facade" and is the "tallest operating hotel building in the world (not counting mixed-use buildings like Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai or the unfinished Rouging Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea). - "Bur" is Arabic for "Tower." The building's external lighting schemes, from white light to a multicolored one, change from one to other every 30 minutes expressing the evening's progress. The building's design…...
The ECOS Hotels is joining forces with international environmental conservation groups and places a great emphasis on "an efficient and economic hotel design in order to create a green approach to hospitality." (Ernest & Young. 2008)
SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
It does appear from the literature reviewed in this brief report that sustainable and environmentally responsible development is being emphasized by Dubai and other emirates in the UA and that it has been acknowledged that in order to achieve a competitive advantage that these issues are not optional factors but instead are requirements for design, development and implementation of project in Dubai.
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Hospitality Going Green (2008) Global Hospitality Insights. Ernest & Young. 2008 EYGM Limited. Available online at: https://eyaprimo.ey.com/natlmktgaprimoey/Attachments/hospitality_insights_DF0052.pdf
And it is done without a level of arrogance or exclusivity; the egalitarian design of the hotels' common spaces, from the two lobbies to the design of the buffet area, are all oriented towards these goals. The result is that the common spaces blend extremely well together and families with kids have a chance to enjoy their vacations while couples and those traveling alone can also enjoy the facilities as well.
The facility manager can continually strive to provide this "separateness" in the design of the hotels' open spaces by differentiating areas by the use of colors, fabrics, carpeting and traffic flows. It is very evident just on these cues what areas of the hotel you are in at any time. The subdued reed separation walls and thicker coaches are for the couples and adults traveling together. They are separated from the sturdy plastic tables and chairs for children and…...
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References
Mike Hoots. (2005). Customer relationship management for facility managers. Journal of Facilities Management, 3(4), 346-361.
Naumann, E., Haverila, M., Khan, M., & Williams, P.. (2010). Understanding the causes of defection among satisfied B2B service customers. Journal of Marketing Management, 26(9/10), 878.
Matthew Tucker, & Michael Pitt. (2009). Customer performance measurement in facilities management: A strategic approach. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 58(5), 407-422.
All players must be properly equipped with protective gear and the gear must be inspected on a regular basis (Kentucky Country Day School Coaches Handbook, n.d.). Another aspect of this is the coach's duty to properly instruct. They must make sure to instruct the skills and techniques that are required for safe play. All instruction must be properly documented (Kentucky Country Day School Coaches Handbook, n.d.). A coach does also have a duty to warn parents of inherent dangers of athletic participation. This is usually performed by ensuring that all school required forms are completed accurately and submitted to the school (Kentucky Country Day School Coaches Handbook, n.d.). All of these requirements refer back to the coach's responsibility to supervise and protect the well being of the players that are on their team. One of the primary safety obligations that a facility owes regarding participatory risks is to warn…...
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Health & Safety in Football Stadiums. (2009). Retrieved July 24, 2009, from NorthgateArinso
Facilities Strategic Plan for a University:
The development of facilities is a crucial part of constant health and well-being of an institution. This implies that every institution needs to have a comprehensive facilities strategic planning process. In light of these factors, I have been hired as a new facilities director at a local university to promote its ongoing health. The first task in this role would involve designing a new strategic plan for the institution's facilities. The institution has made significant investments on the construction and development of its classrooms and laboratory facilities. Currently, the university seeks to renovate current facilities to accommodate new teaching and learning methods as well as the increased use of technology. The facilities strategic plan would involve certain considerations including alignment with organizational needs, improvement of the learning environment, and recruitment of wide-ranging constituent support.
Alignment with Organizational Needs:
The approach towards the development of this strategic plan…...
Furthermore, the proper selection of the team provides a means of determining general responsibilities for each team member involved. They will need to know the overall scope of their service while also knowing their overall design responsibilities as compared to their peers. In addition, their contracts will be a directly correlated to the contract and specifications of the client involved. This is important as it aligns the motivations of the work team with that of the client. By aligning motivations and incentives, the design team has their personal interests affiliated with those of the client. This will ultimately help reduce unethical practices and mistakes within the overall process. According to the British design management standards, the design team will want to establish effective means of communication while also electing a qualified leader. More important the team must establish an overall brief. The brief, according to British Standards, should outline…...
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1) Guide to RIBA Agreements 2007 (Royal Institute of British Architects) RIBA Publishing, 2008
2) Architect's Job Book Eighth Edition (Royal Institute of British Architects) RIBA Publishing, 2008
3) Briefing the Team (Construction Industry Board) Thomas Telford Publishing, 1998
4) The CIC Scope of Services Handbook (Contraction Industry Council) RIBA Publishing, 2007
Facilities Design
The facilities we plan today must help an organization achieve supply chain excellence (Tompkins, et al. 2003, pg 3). Product design activities begin with conceptualization, where ideas for new product are generated based on market information or from existing technology. Product selection restricts new products to those ideas which pass the tests of market potential, financial viability, and producibility. In many cases product selection analysis may be quite subjective in nature and based on somewhat limited information. Once a new product idea has been selected for implementation, a preliminary design is developed. During this stage the product is specified completely. As part of the process many tradeoffs between cost and product performance are considered. A preliminary set of drawings may also be completed. The preliminary design is then operationalized as a prototype. The prototype is tested in an attempt to verify market and technical performance.
Several iterations through the prototyping…...
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This allows for proper safety since Via Christi is located in Wichita, Kansas, which is the biggest city in the state (Via Christi, 2011).
In regards to the internal environment, all employees and patients are treated with dignity and respect. The facilities' each have in place safety measures for fires and tornadoes. Each person is asked how they can get assistance, and clinical staff tells the patients what it is they are going to do before they do it, so that no harm or offense is done to anyone without their consent. Infection Control is taught and enforced, such as frequent hand washing or using hand sanitizers for anyone who enters or leaves the hospital (Via Christi, 2011).
Explain how management contributes to its effective or non-effective performance
Via Christi management contributes to the effective performance of the hospital. They maintain and stress that everyone is treated with "human dignity, stewardship and…...
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Via Christi . (2011, January). Standardized Orientation for Personnel. Retrieved April 9, 2011,
Some or all such authority may be in fact unlimited. This is when a committee can counterbalance authority and diffuse power within an organization since effectively only a small faction is making important decisions. The best use of committees is to have limited power to make decisions but have unlimited power to make recommendations on how things should be done.
2. Identify the initial issue that should always be thoroughly addressed when the establishment of a committee is recommended.
The initial issue that should be addressed is that of making sure that those on the committee are the people capable of carrying out the agenda of the committee and that the committee will have limited power to make organizational decisions.
3. In what ways may committees be said to dilute the recognition and diffuse the blame or responsibility? Where, based on your personal experience, have you seen one of these impact an…...
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The performance of each team member depends on the performance of all others, this being a team project. Constraints include time and financial resources; as such improvement requires permanent improvement effort.
isk Management. No risk has been identified related to the project's completion.
Monitoring and Controlling Mechanisms. The data analysts will develop a metric system to measure each member's performance on a weekly basis. This weekly performance will be submitted to the project manager for potential adjustments.
V. Operations management plan
Operations Strategy. An easy way to understand the meaning of operations strategy is to break the word into the two separate words: operations and strategy - these words being the opposite of each other (Slack & Lewis, 2002). 'Operations' is about the functions and procedures regarding the day-to-day processes, while 'strategy' is about the direction and scope of an organisation over a long period of time. The operations strategy in this case…...
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Aberdeen Group. 2008. Operational KPIs and Performance Management -- Are Your Daily Decisions Based on Fact?, http://www.aberdeen.com/
Cooper, M. & Lambert D. 2000. Issues in Supply Chain Management. Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 29: pp. 65-83.
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S. DHS "Strategic Plan," 2008, http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/strategicplan/) ealistically acts of terrorism, domestic or foreign are exceedingly rare, though slightly more common than they have been in the past and at least marginally more violent in nature, they occur very, very rarely. (Lewis, 2000, p. 201) Though maintaining serious preparedness the mitigation of natural disasters, most which cannot be avoided is an issue needed to be addressed almost yearly, on both small and large scales, across the nation and is much more likely to directly effect people and resources on an intimate level and should be the Emergency Management system's first and primary concern! Though worst possible case scenarios, regarding the use of WMDs is important it is not where all the resources should go.
(5. In the course, you have been introduced to the various responsibilities of different levels of government in the homeland security effort. What level of government do you…...
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Daniels, R.S. (2007). Revitalizing Emergency Management after Katrina: A Recent Survey of Emergency Managers Urges Improved Response, Planning, and Leadership and a Reinvigorated FEMA -- the Federal Government Has Responded by Making Most of the Recommended Changes. The Public Manager, 36(3), 16.
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Management Theories
Historical records show that people always organized themselves in order to work together towards a common objective and they coordinated their efforts to achieve this objective (Accel-Team 2004). It was not until the latter part of the 19th century that the concept of scientific management entered history during the Industrial evolution, but management skills existed long before the 19th century. Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids, ancient Chinese erected the Great Wall of China, the Mesopotamians irrigated their lands and walled their cities and the omans of old put up their roads, aqueducts and notably Hadrian's Wall not without established and superb management standards of their leaders (Accel-Team) and massive obedience and coordination among the followers. The pyramids of Egypt, wonders of the world, each measure 75,600 square feet at the base, 480 feet high and consists of more than two million blocks of stone, each weighing 2.5 tons. Its…...
This would allow IM to find individuals from other countries and also to take a more global approach to training and staff development. Hire the "best and the brightest" to rapidly reenergize the organization and product line.
Grow existing lines and existing customers -- Instead of trying to grow rapidly, IM could target its current user base and simply solidify their needs by using market research to contact them and find ways to improve and maintain market share while retaining talent in the current geographical model. This model would be more conservative about hiring and wages, and would of course allow for some expansion, but keeping most of the &D in Waterloo, Canada. This would also retain more control over the design and marketing of the product for those in the organization who prefer to manage each instance and aspect of the organization from a Central --( field mentality.
Aggressively target…...
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Given the fact that the entire organizational structure relies on performance, one needs to ensure that (1) performance levels are reasonably defined and (2) that these performance levels are known to all employees within the organization.
In this sense, an organization that will be implementing the respective framework needs to make sure that the performance levels are reasonably defined. Perhaps an external structure or organization can help defined reasonable levels for outcomes.
The problem we have previously discusses seems to have itself a counterpart in terms of the performance measurement and reporting systems. First of all, measuring performance means that there are specific performance criteria that can be used. These are, in part, related to the strategic planning details I have mentioned on the previous paragraphs.
Second of all, one needs to take into consideration the reasonability of the person who is making the assessments. Again I suggest here someone from outside…...
Key Responsibilities of a Radiology Administrator in a Healthcare Setting
1. Strategic Planning and Management
Develop and implement short-term and long-term plans to enhance radiology services and align with healthcare organization's strategic direction. Conduct market research, analyze trends, and identify opportunities for growth and improvement. Establish and monitor performance metrics to assess radiology service quality and efficiency.
2. Fiscal Management and Budgeting
Oversee all financial aspects of the radiology department, including budget planning, expense monitoring, and revenue generation. Ensure compliance with financial regulations and accounting standards. Identify and implement cost-saving measures without compromising patient care.
1. The Role of Technology in Streamlining Facilities Management Processes 2. Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Facility Management 3. The Importance of Preventive Maintenance in Facilities Management 4. The Evolution of Facilities Management in the Digital Age 5. Workplace Design and its Impact on Employee Productivity 6. Outsourcing vs. In-house Facilities Management: Pros and Cons 7. Crisis Management in Facilities: Preparing for Emergencies 8. The Future of Smart Buildings and IoT in Facilities Management 9. Health and Safety in the Workplace: Ensuring a Safe Environment for Employees 10. The Role of Facilities Management in Building Resilient and Sustainable Communities.
11. The Impact of COVID-19 on Facilities Management: Adapting to the....
Unveiling the Intricacies of Facilities Management: Captivating Essay Topics
1. Sustainable Building Management: A Cornerstone of Environmental Responsibility
Examine the strategies and technologies employed in sustainable building management to minimize environmental impact. Discuss the economic benefits and challenges of implementing eco-friendly practices in facilities management. Analyze the role of building certifications and regulatory frameworks in promoting sustainable building operations.
2. Technology's Impact on Facilities Management: A Paradigm Shift
Explore the latest advancements in technology and their transformative effects on facilities management. Discuss how data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence are streamlining operations and improving efficiency. Examine the ethical implications and challenges associated....
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