Facility Management encapsulates unprecedented positive forces with which any workforce in an organization can function and perform better. A right facility design is also beneficial for clients, patients, and other end users. You will be immersed in best case practices, showing organizational-spatial …

C-Level Debate: FM from different perspectives, that have to be adressed! Developing the strategy of an organization is the role of the C-level of an organization. How can FM help an organization reach its strategic goals or even help to identify them. What are themes that have to be adressed? We choose …

Op donderdag 31 januari 2019 organiseerde het Instituut voor Facility Management samen met het Lectoraat Inkoopmanagement van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen de 14e editie van het Hanze Inkoopseminar: Inkoop achter de horizon. Dagvoorzitter Marleen van der Ziel (Onlanders) en Mira Bloemen-Bekx (Dean van …

Noise is a common problem in hospitals, and it is known that social behavior can influence sound levels. The aim of this naturally-occurring field experiment was to assess the influence of a non-talking rule on the actual sound level and perception of patients in an outpatient infusion center. In a quasi-randomized …

A Dutch healthcare organisation modernizes its real estate portfolio to meet today’s requirements and acquired an office building for conversion into a nursing home for elderly with dementia. The purpose of the research has been to study the design principles for elderly with dementia, for innovative …

Purpose This paper aims to identify antecedents that influence perceived cleanliness by consulting experts and end-users in the field of facilities management (facility service providers, clients of facility service providers and consultants). Business models were evaluated to understand why some antecedents …