Affiliation: | 1. is a research associate at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. She maintains an active workplace-design practice in the United Sates and Europe, working for corporations, governments, and institutions.;2. Michael Joroff is a senior lecturer at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, where he served for 15 years as director of the Laboratory of Architecture and Planning. He consults globally with organizations about their workplace strategy and organizational development.;3. William Porter is Leventhal Professor of Architecture at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He is former dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.;4. Donald Schon (deceased) was Ford Professor of Urban Studies and Education, emeritus, and senior lecturer, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. This article is excerpted from Excellence by Design: Transforming Workplace and Work Practice, by Turid Horgen, Michael Joroff, William Porter, and Don Schon, to be published in December 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |